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From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Alphonse de Candolle
Date:
17 Dec [1863]
Source of text:
Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Summary:

CD sends thanks for pamphlet.

He has been very unwell for three months; it will be long before he can apply himself to his usual pursuits.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Alphonse de Candolle
Date:
24 Jan [1881]
Source of text:
Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Summary:

FD and CD have been interested in AdeC’s diagram for illustrating inheritance. The difficulty of estimating different qualities in oneself and others is very great. Encloses a diagram illustrating how FD compares himself with his parents. CD has filled in a comparison with his father. It shows he resembles his father more than FD resembles CD. [The qualities compared are: stature, hair, eyes, pulse, musical capacity, ability to draw, tendency toward biological sciences, tendency toward mathematical sciences, perseverence, memory, aptitude for foreign languages.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project