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DCP-LETT-5367

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
17 Jan [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 263: 64 (EH 88206508)
Summary:

Encloses note of introduction to Murray.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2592

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Selwyn
Date:
[17 January 1867]
Source of text:
RS:HS 24.183 & draft: RS:HS 15.490
Summary:

Thanks WS for describing Aristotle's and Richard Whately's observation of the great sensitivity of the eye's lateral portion. Congratulates WS on becoming Dean of Norwich. Draft discusses miracles and lists possible arguments against WS's idea that miracles are not a violation of nature

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel917

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[17 January 1867]
Source of text:
JHS 5.37
Summary:

Tells MH about the wedding plans of son John and Mary Power; comments on the health of daughter Constance, and sends a silly sketch by Emma Hardcastle. [Part of the letter is illegible.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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