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WCP4319

Postcard (WCP4319.4460)

[1]

Broadstone, Dorset.

April 12th. 1903.

Dear Sir1

Excuse card, as I am very busy. I do agree with Wiseman.2 He is the greatest successor to Darwin.3 A new & greatly enlarged edn of Wonderful Century4is in the press. I consider the "calf" pus (not "lymph") as bad as, or even worse than, human pus for innoculation. I send you a copy of a process print of my last Photo. from "Black & White".5 The Photographer is Elliott & Fry. Baker St. London

Yours truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2]

J. Helder Esq. M.A.

Scio College

Scio, Ohio

U.S.A.

1
Helder
2
Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834-1914). German evolutionary biologist and founder of germ plasm theory. His work was influential in disproving the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
3
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).
4
Wallace, A. R. 1903. The wonderful century; its successes and its failures. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Limited.
5
Wallace, A. R. 1903. The dawn of a great discovery: "My relations with Darwin in reference to the theory of natural selection". Black and White 25 (17 January): 78.

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Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP4319.4460)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Linden, Tess [2013-08-20] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-20] Transcription checked by Congerton, John [2019-03-13] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4319,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4319