From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[11–12 July 1845]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 36, 100: 43–7
Summary:
A son [George Howard Darwin] was born on Wednesday.
Sends queries on Galapagos flora.
Discusses JDH’s comments on [Journal of researches].
CD feels that with his views on descent "really Nat. Hist. becomes a sublimely grand result-giving subject".
"How differently people view the same subject, for I look at insular Floras … as leading to an opposite view to yours."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
