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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
19 December 1879
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 95: 494-5
Summary:
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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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About Miss Buckley's concerns for ARW's ill-health and his desire to obtain regular partially outdoor work, or indoor work that can be partially done from home. Darwin suggests to Hooker that they might advocate for ARW to receive a government pension given ARW's scientific achievements.
Hooker argues against Darwin's suggestion that ARW receive a government pension.
References ARW's view of the identity of Bornean & Sumatran Zoology & the differences of Java from either.
Hooker recalls his recent conversation with the Duke of Argyll about ARW's theory of the evolution of man.
ARW's reservations about human evolution.