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JHC1131

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
1 May 1863
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.59-60, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-4176

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
22 May [1863]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 711–13)
Summary:

Natural selection implies that a form remains unaltered unless an alteration is to its benefit. This is not inconsistent with some forms remaining stable for long periods. Natural selection must at present be grounded entirely on general considerations. Of details we are still greatly ignorant.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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