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From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 [Dec] 1866
Source of text:
DAR 160: 207
Summary:

Gives CD reference to case of the saiga, an antelope, fearless of man.

Reports observations by New Zealander who has seen heaps of pebbles presumably voided by Dinornis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Mary Everest Boole
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Dec 1866
Source of text:
DAR 160: 249
Summary:

Asks whether CD believes natural selection obviates man’s ability to be guided by spiritual motives. Is anxious that his theory be compatible with her faith.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Eleanor Johnson; Eleanor Corbet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 Dec 1866
Source of text:
DAR 161: 225
Summary:

Mr Corbet too ill to write. Thanks for CD’s letter [see 5290].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project