From:
Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 May 1875
Source of text:
DAR 162: 216
Summary:
AD is aware of revolutionary character of his pamphlet [Ursprung der Wirbelthiere]. Authorities will not agree with him. Carl Gegenbaur and Ernst Haeckel are opposed. Younger biologists are disposed to accept his views. All he can expect is to put a stop to "the Amphioxus–Ascidian affair, and to open a road for speculation and for investigation on the side of the Annelid-homology".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project