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DCP-LETT-7989

From:
Horace Benge Dobell
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Oct 1871
Source of text:
DAR 162: 191
Summary:

Asks CD’s opinion of his suggestion that a distinctive mark of species may be the duration of pregnancy, incubation, or germination.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-71-10-06

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
6 October 1871
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 24
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-7990

From:
Theodore Nicholas Gill
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Oct 1871
Source of text:
DAR 165: 46
Summary:

Sends some articles on mammals [possibly "On the relations of the orders of mammals", Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 19 (1870): 267–70, and "On the characteristics of the primary groups of the class of mammals", ibid. 20 (1871): 284–306].

He is a disciple, convinced of CD’s theory of evolution and of natural selection.

In the U. S. almost all refuse to recognize natural selection.

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DCP-LETT-7988

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
6 Oct [1871]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 228–31)
Summary:

Has finished seven chapters of revision of Origin [6th ed.] despite poor health. Asks JM’s opinion on a glossary of scientific terms. Encloses text for advertisement.

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