From:
Alfred Victor (Alfred) Espinas
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
Mar 1872
Source of text:
DAR 163: 33
Summary:
AE, philosophy professor, is disposed to accept natural selection, but argues that it lacks direction. Suggests that direction would be given if one assumed the appearance of multiple advantageous traits in a single individual. Cites Herbert Spencer, Rudolf Virchow, Claude Bernard, and Carl Vogt.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project