From:
George Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 166: 164
Summary:
Asks for CD’s "candid criticisms" of his paper [on Variation].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Asks for CD’s "candid criticisms" of his paper [on Variation].
Thanks for criticism of his paper [on Variation].
If external conditions induce variability, what is the internal cause?
Does not agree with Duke of Argyll that "Origin of Species" is an incorrect term.
Sees playfulness of animals as a mark of the Deity’s creative playfulness.
Will visit soon.
Thanks for Casimir de Candolle’s paper ["Théorie de l’angle unique en phyllotaxie", Arch. Sci. Phys. & Nat. 23 (1865): 199–212].