Letter dated 1863, over two pages.
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Letter dated 1863, over two pages.
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A letter from Joseph Hooker to Miles Berkeley.
Joseph Hooker writes to Miles Berkeley to invite him to stay with Hooker at Kew and attend a Linnaean Society lecture given by Thomas Huxley on aphides. Also states that he will introduce Berkeley at the Royal Society when Hooker takes the Chair.
Joseph Hooker writes to Miles Berkeley to explain the timing of a Royal Society meeting in which Berkeley is to be awarded the Royal Medal. Mentions that William Henslow Hooker has returned to school and will travelled to Hastings.
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Sends GB a selection of reviews of the Origin from his collection of about 90, with his opinion of some of them.
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Disagrees with GB when he says he is not up to treating the whole subject [the present state of the species question]. He is especially equipped to handle the "great subject of affinities in relation to descent and independent creation".
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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.
GB’s address [Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. (1863): xi–xxix] pleased him as much as Lyell’s book [Antiquity of man] disappointed him on species question. GB has done a "real good turn to the right side".