WCP6801

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Geanies, Rossshire, N.B.

July 26/[18]90

Dear M^r. Gulick,

Since posting my last letter I have sent to London for M^r. Moulton's letter to which I referred, and herewith enclose the same.

It is my intention to publish as an appendix to my answer to Wallace extracts from this letter, and also from your last one to me, together with your independent answers about "Physiological Solution", now on its way to Prof. Dana. (I wish, by the way, you would ask him to send me a copy when published, together with any previous writings of yours in his journal). But in publishing M^r. Moulton's letter, I will omit all his references to you, as I am not satisfied that he has understood you sufficiently well. Also because [2] I think it is undesirable at present to make prominent any differences that may exist between us — if there really be any such differences at all. The extraordinary thing to my mind is the closeness of our agreement, and this it is that I intend to make prominent, since it proves at least the logical integrity of our common system — nothing but accurate reasoning[?] from similar data being competent to produce such coincidences when thought was throughout independent.

But I want you to see M^r. Moulton's calculations, for the sake of learning what you make of them. Please return his letter with your reply, and believe me

Yours very truly, | Geo. J. Romanes [signature]

[Marginal note:] Moulton agrees to verbal alterations I have made in his MS as also to omitting about you.