From Anton Schobloch   9 March 1878

18 93 78—

Dear Sir.

I am a great adorateur of the selection theory—but how is it possible, that there are hermaphrodits?1

Yours | Anthony Schobloch.

Adr. Austria, Meran, Tyrol.

CD annotations

Top of letter: ‘☿ Fool’ blue crayon
CD discussed hermaphroditism in both plants and animals; for plants, see Origin, pp. 96–101, and Variation 2: 131–40; for animals, see Descent 1: 207–11.

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