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direct »Letter 13212 — Darwin, C. R. to Müller, J. F. T., 21 June 1881
Wants seeds of heterostyled plants to test fertility of illegitimate seedlings. Offers £100 to FM to replace books lost in flooding.
direct »Letter 13226 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, T. H., 28 June 1881
CD has offered Ernst Haeckel £100 but does not know where to get further aid. Sorry to hear about Du Bois-Reymond, but is not in the least surprised about R. Virchow.
direct »Letter 13227 — Darwin, C. R. to Carus, J. V., 29 June 1881
CD will soon finish corrections [of Earthworms] for printer, and then clean sheets will be sent to JVC for translation of the book and to Ernst Krause. The subject has been a "hobby-horse" with CD, and he has perhaps treated it in foolish detail. Has told Krause he does not think any part of the MS suitable for Kosmos, but Krause must decide.
* direct »Letter 13230 — Darwin, C. R. to Graham, William, 3 July 1881
Praises WG's Creed of science. He disagrees that the existence of natural laws implies purpose, but his "inmost conviction" is that "the Universe is not the result of chance". But then has horrid doubt whether convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from lower animals, are at all trustworthy. Believes natural selection is doing more for progress of civilisation than WG admits.