From:
James Dwight Dana
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Dec 1862
Source of text:
Yale University Library: Manuscripts and Archives (Dana Family Papers (MS 164) Series 1, Box 2, folder 44)
Summary:
Illness has prevented his reading Origin. He has, however, expressed his [negative] opinion on the subject of mutability of species in his Manual of geology [1862]. Since his persuasions are so strong, he can do no less.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project