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DCP-LETT-2589

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[20 Dec 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 180–1
Summary:

Forwards letter from Asa Gray.

Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.

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DCP-LETT-2590

From:
William Jardine
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Dec 1859
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 278
Summary:

Cannot agree with all of CD’s views [in Origin].

Thinks too much is made of the Galapagos. The peculiarity of their ornithology will break down.

Offers to answer any questions on ornithology.

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