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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
Date:
2 Feb [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.238)
Summary:

Quotes passage from letter from Asa Gray dealing with views of Francis Bowen on heredity and Agassiz "(foolish man)" on heredity and languages.

Sent CL the Calcutta Review [with Edward Blyth’s review of Origin, 35 (1860): 64–88].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
14 Feb [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Variations in nature arise from unknown causes, accidentally or spontaneously, and are preserved by natural selection if beneficial.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Daniell Nihill
Date:
14 February 1861
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society Library Mss.B.H382
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project