Praises ARW.
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Praises ARW.
Praises ARW's paper on Man.
Darwin suggests that a Royal Medal might be bestowed on ARW before too long.
Darwin remarks on his recommending ARW as a candidate for the Royal Society of London's Royal Medal.
Darwin compliments ARW's papers published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London and in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society on geographical distribution in the Malay Archipelago.
Darwin refers to ARW's "On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidae of the Malayan region".
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Darwin agrees with Hooker's comments about ARW in Hooker's letter of 6 Oct 1865. Hooker's letter he describes ARW as: "... not a man of large sympathies, nor very charitable I think, & is certainly awfully cold & dry at times; yet he is essentially large minded, & very able".
Darwin states he hopes ARW's paper on sexual modifications and adaptive mimicry in butterflies will be published.
About Miss Buckley's concerns for ARW's ill-health and his desire to obtain regular partially outdoor work, or indoor work that can be partially done from home. Darwin suggests to Hooker that they might advocate for ARW to receive a government pension given ARW's scientific achievements.
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Darwin expresses extreme admiration and interest in ARW's work, Island Life.
Darwin says he pities ARW and that he has hardly ever wished anything so much as to get ARW on the pension list.
Island Life.
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Discusses ARW's view on European plants and effects of glaciers on Alpine plants.
Darwin remarks that "As far as I know no one ever discussed the meaning of the relation between representative species before I did & as I suppose Wallace did in his paper before the Linn. Soc. [1858].".