To Anton Dohrn 4 January 1870

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7070,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 17 May 2021, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7070

Summary

The Zoological Garden has only one old adult male of Limulus. When there were females, eggs were never observed.

Encloses a separate letter [7071] about AD’s scheme [for a zoological station].

Suggests AD be cautious [in his work]. "Caution is almost the soul of science."

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-7070
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Felix Anton (Anton) Dohrn
Date: 4 Jan 1870
Sent from: Down
Source of text: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München (Ana 525. Ba 697); Bibliothèque de Genève (Ms. fr. 2188, ff. 296-7)
Physical description: 4pp & Adraft 2pp

Contributor

Contributor: Darwin Correspondence Project
Collection: The Charles Darwin Collection

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18