From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edouard Bergson
Date:
13 Oct 1875
Source of text:
DAR 143: 111
Summary:
Comments on difficulty of distinguishing between lower animal and vegetable organisms.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Comments on difficulty of distinguishing between lower animal and vegetable organisms.
Asks CD’s opinion on whether there is a fundamental difference between the "primitive forms" of animals and plants. Mentions and rejects various views of major distinguishing characteristics.
Describes the change in shape of a worm over a candle-flame.