From:
Alphonse de Candolle
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Jan 1873
Source of text:
DAR 161: 17
Summary:
Thanks for Expression, which has made him wonder whether his shyness in public until the age of 55 resulted from fear of subjecting his face to ridicule.
Criticises F. Galton’s Hereditary genius [1869] for neglecting environmental influence.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project