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DCP-LETT-7172

From:
William Winwood Reade
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Apr 1870
Source of text:
DAR 176: 37
Summary:

Sends insect that carries dead ants, dead leaves, etc., on its back, as protective imitation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7173

From:
St George Jackson Mivart
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Apr 1870
Source of text:
DAR 171: 187
Summary:

Apologises for saying more than was necessary in his previous letter. Although he feels gratitude and esteem for CD, he execrates those who use natural selection to oppose man’s higher interests and impede his advance. Has seen Huxley’s Man’s place in nature for sale among a crowd of obscenities at most Italian railway stations.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7174

From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 59
Summary:

Aggressive behaviour of dogs and horses.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7175

From:
Francis Galton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Apr 1870
Source of text:
DAR 105: A15–16
Summary:

Rabbits still running true; hopes to increase alien blood to 30%.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7176

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Galton
Date:
[27 Apr 1870?]
Source of text:
DAR 105: A16v
Summary:

Is much obliged for information [about rabbits?].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7177

From:
George Cupples
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Apr 1870
Source of text:
DAR 161: 292
Summary:

Will send deerhound puppy.

Is critical of Herbert Spencer.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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