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DCP-LETT-4477

From:
Benjamin Dann Walsh
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Apr – 19 May 1864
Source of text:
DAR 181: 9
Summary:

Recalls being introduced to CD when [undergraduate] at Cambridge.

Sends CD some of his pamphlets

and expresses support of Origin.

Has discovered there are "3 sexes" in the solitary Cynips as well as social insects.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-4475

From:
William Bennett
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Apr 1864
Source of text:
DAR 160: 146
Summary:

Will send grasses CD asked about.

Reports observations on brood of Australian chicks he is hatching.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel3388

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[29 April 1864]
Source of text:
RS Sa.671
Summary:

Had hoped to attend ES's soiree, but has influenza. Praises ES's report on Mr. McClintock's magnetic observations at Port Barrow.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-4476

From:
Unidentified
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Apr 1864
Source of text:
DAR 174: 1
Summary:

On rereading the Origin, offers a criticism on two grounds: 1. Blending inheritance; 2. The tendency of species to elude competing species. Also competition within species eliminates the weak and thus preserves the species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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