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Discusses the reasons for inserting questions on consanguineous marriages in the forthcoming Census.
"Your financial operations excite my envy beyond words." Reports on stock just received.
Copy of Duchenne [see 7089] has not arrived; CD is concerned that it may be lost.
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The mark he had thought a variation is not, and he thinks his infusion still too small even when the blood is defibrinised.
Brief observations on expression in Africa.
Alexander Agassiz is a good investigator, who differs with his father on evolution.
The behaviour of women and savages is a little easier to understand than that of civilised men.
CD should soon receive woodcuts.
R. A. v. Kölliker would much like to visit CD.
Writes of some observations on the Sandwich Islands.
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Arranges to come to Down with R. A. v. Kölliker.
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Would like to visit CD at Down.
[Fourth] German edition of Origin will be out in a few weeks.
Regrets he cannot come to Down on day suggested.
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Is leaving tonight for Genoa;
sends a French paper [not identified].
Asks CD to look at the "special phylogonies" on pp. 138 and 152 of his book [Forms of animal life (1870)]. His comments are based on reading Haeckel, who is highly speculative and quite wrong.
Italian translation [of Variation] is delayed, but printing should begin soon.
Will send CD one of his writings in which he defends the natural descent of man [Origin dell’uomo, 2d ed. (1870)].
CD’s theory is making great progress in Italy and daily gains supporters.