From:
unknown
To:
Secretary of the Royal Society
Date:
27 February 1873
Source of text:
MM/11/51, Royal Society
Summary:
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Contributor:
Royal Society
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Winter in Duluth.
HAH is leaning toward spiritualism.
Limit of natural and sexual selection.
Has been around the world three times.
Praises TWH’s Army life in a black regiment [1870]. CD always thought well of Negroes, and is delighted to have his impressions confirmed.
CD answers a question about the attitude of foreign naturalists towards Darwinism by distinguishing between the belief in evolution and belief in natural selection. Gives the views of [Louis] Agassiz, [R. A.] Kölliker, [C. W.] Nägeli, [Ernst] Häckel, [C. F. W.] Claus, [F. J.] Cohn, Alphonse de Candolle, [J. L.] Claparède, Asa Gray, Gaston de Saporta, [E. D.] Cope, and [Carl] Gegenbaur.