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DCP-LETT-7528

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 164: 68
Summary:

Parallel between CD’s account of morality [in Descent], of social instinct preceding selfishness, and Henry Maine’s account of notions of property of a community preceding individual property [in Ancient law (1861)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7541

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Mar 1871
Source of text:
DAR 87: 165–7
Summary:

On private property, with regard to tools and arms; comments on Maine’s book and the history of law regarding property.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7826

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 June 1871
Source of text:
DAR 164: 69–70
Summary:

Observations on orchids. Ophrys apifera; confirms CD’s observation on pollinia.  The nesting of ducks in trees is an example of change of instinct and habit.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7903

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Aug 1871
Source of text:
DAR 164: 71
Summary:

Sorry he will be away when CD comes down.

Congratulations on Henrietta Darwin’s engagement.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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