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DCP-LETT-11074

From:
Archibald Henry Sayce
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 July 1877
Source of text:
DAR 177: 45
Summary:

Having read CD’s article in Mind ["Biographical sketch of an infant", Collected papers 2: 191–200], AHS questions CD about the child’s first attempts at speech, hoping to throw light on the origin of language.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11075

From:
Worthington George Smith
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 July 1877
Source of text:
DAR 177: 202
Summary:

Has examined some sea-kale and iris leaves sent by CD and does not think the scars are caused by fungus but rather through the action of insects. Feels "bloom" may protect leaves from such insect attack.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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