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DCP-LETT-2538

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood
Date:
[after 21 Nov 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 153: 2
Summary:

Astounded she cares for his book [Origin] as much as she seems to.

Comments on variation among domestic dogs; believes domestic dog has descended from several wild species and those species from a single ancient ancestor.

Athenæum review is unfair.

Expects to convert four or five "really good judges".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2539

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[21 Nov 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 100: 135–6
Summary:

JDH’s congratulations on Origin.

Lyell believes S. P. Woodward wrote review in Athenæum.

Lyell’s and Huxley’s positive responses.

JDH has only plunged into a few chapters.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2540

From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
DAR 98: B9–10
Summary:

Believes natural selection will become recognised as an established truth in science, though it will shock the ideas of many men.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-537

From:
Leonard Jenyns
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
21 November 1859
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 197
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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