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DCP-LETT-11125

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Sept 1877
Source of text:
DAR 106: B136–7
Summary:

Sexual selection, he thinks, must be left to others to settle. "Conscious" will be substituted for "voluntary" selection. Sound- and scent-producing organs attributed to "natural", not "conscious", selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-11127

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
5 Sept [1877]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Further discussion of evidence for sexual selection. Prefers "conscious" to "voluntary" action. Distinguishes features that serve as charms and those that serve as challenges.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11693

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Sept 1878
Source of text:
DAR 106: B138–9
Summary:

Requests support for his appointment as Superintendent of Epping Forest.

Working on a book [Australasia. Stanford’s compendium of geography and travel, edited and extended by A. R. Wallace (1879)].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-11695

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
16 Sept 1878
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

Supports Epping Forest appointment.

Continues work on vegetable physiology.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11705

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Sept 1878
Source of text:
DAR 106: B140–1
Summary:

Thanks for CD’s support for [Epping Forest] appointment. Doubts about the proposed management.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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