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From:

Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel

To:

Charles Robert Darwin

Date:

9 Feb 1879

Source of text:

DAR 166: 72

Summary:

Sends birthday wishes.

Comments on progress of CD’s theory in Germany. Mentions opposition of Rudolf Virchow and his reply Freie Wissenschaft und freie Lehre [1878].

Describes research trip to Brittany and Normandy.

Research on Challenger Radiolaria.

Contributor:

Darwin Correspondence Project

From:

Charles Robert Darwin

To:

Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel

Date:

12 Feb 1879

Source of text:

Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A-Abt. 1: 1–52/46 [A 9900])

Summary:

Thanks for kind letter.

Has not yet read EH’s article in Kosmos ["Einstämmiger und vielstämmiger Ursprung", 4 (1878–9): 360–76].

Rudolf Virchow affair lamentable. Virchow’s conduct inexplicable.

Contributor:

Darwin Correspondence Project