From:
Gilbert William Child
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Feb [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 161: 142
Summary:
Criticises chapter on good effect of crossing in Variation: (1) does not accept that inbreeding alone results in degeneracy; (2) good effects of crossing exaggerated; (3) denies deleterious effects of close marriage in humans.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project