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DCP-LETT-7703

From:
Hodder Michael Westropp
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 90: 38–9
Summary:

Anecdote of bear reasoning [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 76].

Similarity of forms of ornamentation and implements in widely separate races and ages [Descent 1: 233].

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DCP-LETT-7706

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hodder Michael Westropp
Date:
22 Apr [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 350
Summary:

Case of the reasoning bear is analogous to the elephant blowing with trunk to bring object within reach.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13175

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hodder Michael Westropp
Date:
26 May 1881
Source of text:
DAR 148: 351
Summary:

Cannot discuss HMW’s essay. Does not believe there has been progress in all organisms. There has been much degradation, as in parasites.

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