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WCP1765

Letter (WCP1765.1650)

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Frith Hill, Godalming.

Feby. 2nd. 1888

Dear Mr. Geddes1

I heartily wish you success in your candidature. I send a brief testimonial, but I fear my opinion will have very little weight. I do not quite know how to head it, so have left a blank for you to fill up.

I was much interested in your article on "Variation",2 and thought it a very able and very fair summary of the whole subject. The latter part, giving your own view, are is however full far too condensed and general [2] in treatment to allow of its producing its proper effect. But I suppose you would be hardly be justified in going into more detail in such an article.

I did not notice many misprints, but I return the two last pages, & shall be glad to have them corrected as you promise, when I suppose I may keep them.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932). British biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner.
2
Geddes, Patrick. 1886. On the nature and causes of variation in plants. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, vol. 16, Issue 1-4, p. 416-418.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1765.1650)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Moscoso, Alessa [2013-07-08] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-08] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1765,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1765