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DCP-LETT-2579

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[12 Dec 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 100: 137–8
Summary:

JDH half through Origin. High praise for facts and reasoning.

Lyell told JDH his criticisms: small matters JDH did not appreciate.

Reactions of G. Bentham, J. S. Henslow, and C. C. Babington.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2589

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[20 Dec 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 104: 180–1
Summary:

Forwards letter from Asa Gray.

Bentham is very agitated by Origin. CD over-emphasises natural selection. His theory accounts for too much and would be improved by unburdening it of natural selection.

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