Darwin, C. R. to Wallace, A. R.
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Grateful for addresses of informants, especially that of Rajah James Brooke.
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Dispatch of queries on expression. Answers will make interesting appendix to his "Essay on man" [Descent].
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Protective adaptation of female butterflies believed probable.
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Believes in sexual selection as applied to man.
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Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Mar 7
My dear Wallace
The addresses which you have sent me are capital, especially that to the Rajah;
& I have despatched two sets of queries. I now enclose a copy to you &
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I fully admit the probability of ``protective adaptation'' having come into play with female butterflies as well as with female birds. I have a good many facts which make me believe in sexual selection as applied to man, but whether I shall convince any one else is very doubtful.
Dear Wallace | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
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The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867]. - +
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In his letter of 2 March [1867], Wallace sent two addresses for CD, including that of Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke of Sarawak. CD's letters and queries about human expression, including the enclosure for Wallace, have not been found. For the most recent extant queries about expression that CD sent to a correspondent, see the enclosure to the letter from Ferdinand von Mueller, 28 February [1867]. - +
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Expression was ultimately published in 1872, a year after Descent. - +
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See letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] and n. 3. - +
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See letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 March [1867] and nn. 7--10.