From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
30 July [1856]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 172, 165, and 167
Summary:
CD’s predicament with continental extensions: they would remove argument for multiple creations, yet he opposes the doctrine. Lyell will not express an opinion on this.
Lyell fears mutability would lead to more specific names.
Encloses copy of letters to Lyell [1910 and 1917].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
