Disagrees with GH over the value of cross-fertilisation.
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Disagrees with GH over the value of cross-fertilisation.
Thanks for honour of latest number of Kosmos.
Encloses HWB’s Royal Society certificate with seven signatures, which CD thinks is ample.
Thanks for kind letter.
Has not yet read EH’s article in Kosmos ["Einstämmiger und vielstämmiger Ursprung", 4 (1878–9): 360–76].
Rudolf Virchow affair lamentable. Virchow’s conduct inexplicable.
Has sent copy of his new book, Colour-sense [1879]; in anticipation of criticism, he justifies his reliance on recorded observations rather than experiments, by the heavy demands of his career as a journalist.
Seventieth birthday greetings.
Thanks for birthday greetings.
Can give no information. Has never read works of Aristotle, but has unbounded respect for him as observer.
Has just heard that HM has been treated shamefully by his Government. What has happened?
Thanks AD-P for the gift of part of his Atlas [see 11039].
Seventieth birthday greetings.
Send 70th birthday congratulations.
Birthday wishes.
Discusses heliotropism in plant cotyledons. Asks for information.
Has been asked to contribute to W. K. Clifford memorial fund. Asks JT’s advice on how much the committee hopes to raise. Would like to give handsomely but feels bound "with such a lot of children, not to be extravagant".
HM’s teaching methods and his ideas are under attack in Germany along with the works of Ernst Krause.
CD cannot find his pincers and other tools for microscopical dissection. Does FD know where he should look?
Hopes FD will feel better after "so complete a change" [trip to North Africa].
Sends his love to George.
Bernard gets more charming every day.
CD has been put on a committee for a memorial fund for W. K. Clifford.
Directs CD where to find tools in his room. Has been looking at agave and aloe flowers. Thanks family for their letters.
Sends thanks to the Masters for congratulations on his birthday, saying "the approbation & sympathy of one’s fellow-workers in the acquisition of knowledge is the highest possible reward which any man ought to desire".
Outlines his theory to explain the form of certain Swedish sandhills and puts forward his ideas regarding the geological history of the earth.