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JBI on CD’s integrity and the separateness of science and religion.
Has observed, perhaps erroneously, that certain plants were excited to movement by a prolonged high note on the bassoon. Would now like to try a siren and asks JT to bring one from the Royal Institution.
Congratulates JT on success in breeding potato varieties.
Will provide the siren.
Would like CD to explain how he reconciles two passages in 6th ed. of Origin.
Asks whether he may use CD’s letters in his work [Die natürlichen Existenzbedingungen der Thiere (1880)] in order to show that Moritz Wagner has misrepresented CD’s views.
Discusses the influence of isolation and external conditions on animals, and the relative importance of the direct effect of external conditions and of selection in bringing about change.
Gives CGS permission to use his letters in any way he thinks fit.
Discusses the direct effect of external conditions as an agent of change in organisms; has encountered many cases since the publication of Origin.
Informs CD of his intention to bequeath his property to him.
Is deeply gratified by AR’s proposed generosity.
Gives CD details of the property he proposes to bequeath to him.
Is making progress with the Weismann translation.
Wonders whether Francis Darwin would give a botanical lecture at a Bayswater school.
Writes of Anthony Rich’s bequest.