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From:
Georg Michael Asher
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 159: 121
Summary:

Asks CD to examine his idea that human and animal sociology are related, as each is based on the principle of mutual concession (derived from Schopenhauer’s law of compassion). If CD approves, he should write a note and forward it and GMA’s letter to Macmillan’s Magazine.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Georg Michael Asher
Date:
28 Oct 1879
Source of text:
The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
Summary:

Cannot answer questions on origin of instinct, sociology, etc. Suggests references in Origin and Descent.

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Darwin Correspondence Project