Parkstone, Dorset.
May 18th. 1891
My dear Poulton
I send you the enclosed letter (with Prof[essor] Morgan’s consent) thinking it may be useful to you when you come to start your Institute for Experimental Biology which I trust will be soon. I cannot myself see the enormous difficulty in devising suitable experiments which are urged by Galton & others. Of course no one experiment will be conclusive, but if [2] scores of different experiments all tend one way or the other, the result will be pretty conclusive to all who [letter crossed out] are not blinded by their preconceived opinions.
Yours very truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4388.4643)]
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Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton F.R.S., Wykeham House, Banbury Road, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "PARKSTONE | B | MY18 | 91"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4388.4644)]
Please cite as “WCP4388,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4388