From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 May 1872
Source of text:
DAR 103: 109–10
Summary:
The die is cast on Ayrton affair. Lord Derby has called for all of the correspondence, as a result of pressure by men of science on JDH’s behalf.
Has just had a Greenland collection, which supports his views altogether; "I am ready to do fight for these with you."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project