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DCP-LETT-7530

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
2 [Mar 1871]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/14a)
Summary:

Was aware of Maine’s view but never thought of its extension to morals. Cannot avoid thinking that personal property like flint tools must have "strictly belonged to individuals as much as a bone to a dog".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-71-03-02

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
James McCulloch
Date:
2 March 1871
Source of text:
Y71/2594, unit 576, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

Herschel9357

From:
Georg Adolph Erman
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 March 1871]
Source of text:
RS:HS 7.108-9
Summary:

Outlines the recent work in terrestrial magnetism by H. T. R. Petersen and himself. Comments on their results.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7532

From:
William Rathbone Greg
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Mar [1871?]
Source of text:
DAR 87: 149–50
Summary:

Quotes authority on the decline in height of French army recruits.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7533

From:
Hermanus Hartogh Heijs van Zouteveen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 90: 21–5
Summary:

Dutch translation [of Descent].

Notes about reversion.

Hermaphroditism in fishes.

Polydactylism.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7531

From:
James Murie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 171: 321
Summary:

Thanks for Descent.

He is "driven" from his post.

He has homologised the face muscles of cetaceans and man. Although the former do not show expression, the nose and upper lip muscles are highly developed.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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