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Darwin Correspondence Project

From W. W. Keen   [May–June? 1874]

Cancelled: Part of 9072.

Summary

CD’s theory has his qualified support.

He suggests the inheritance of syphilis as an example of sexual selection.

Gives an example of inherited expression in his wife’s and daughter’s frowns.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9437
From
William Williams Keen
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Philadelphia
Source of text
DAR 169: 2
Physical description
ALS 4pp inc †

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9437,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9437.xml

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