From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[1 Mar 1872]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 103
Summary:
David Forbes thinks WED’s chalk samples have been penetrated by surface mud.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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David Forbes thinks WED’s chalk samples have been penetrated by surface mud.
AE, philosophy professor, is disposed to accept natural selection, but argues that it lacks direction. Suggests that direction would be given if one assumed the appearance of multiple advantageous traits in a single individual. Cites Herbert Spencer, Rudolf Virchow, Claude Bernard, and Carl Vogt.
Thanks CD for Origin, 6th ed.
Has declined chair at Strasbourg.
Describes research on calcareous sponges.
Criticises Pangenesis.
Sends information on composition of chalk at Shoreham and Folkestone.