Letter 12078A
Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, Francis
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Thanks for FD's letter describing microscopic work under experienced supervision.
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Is glad to hear of C. E. Stahl's objection to treating plants as mere machines.
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Pleased that J. von Sachs has yielded on growth.
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Perhaps Stahl will recognise whether the case of the silver fir is the same as that referred to in the German account [see 12074b].
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CD has finished the first draft of his essay on Erasmus Darwin's life and is "heartily sick of the job".