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DCP-LETT-3062

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
14 Feb [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Variations in nature arise from unknown causes, accidentally or spontaneously, and are preserved by natural selection if beneficial.

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DCP-LETT-3094

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Horner
Date:
20 Mar [1861]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (9–10 July 2018, lot 374)
Summary:

Comments on LH’s "Anniversary Address of the President", [Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 17 (1861): xxxi–lxxii]. Notes LH’s comments on metamorphism, antiquity of man, and the Bible. Thanks him for his remarks on Origin.

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