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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
8 Nov [1872]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/12)
Summary:

Rabbits’ coats true in character. If the next ones are true, it is superfluous to keep trying.

Does not know why crying children rub eyes with knuckles.

Mentions FG’s article on prayer ["Statistical inquiries into the efficacy of prayer", Fortn. Rev. n.s. 12 (1872): 125–35].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
30 Dec [1872]
Source of text:
UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/13)
Summary:

F. M. Balfour wants to experiment on Pangenesis. Asks FG to recommend coloured rabbits that breed true.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project