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From:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Sept [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 18
Summary:

RLT speculates on the "moral nature" of parental protection shown by humans and traces it back to its first occurrence in the animal world.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
Date:
10 Sept [1875]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

CD gives a few instances of various animals (starfish, earwigs, spiders) that take charge of their young.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project