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Letter 7306

Darwin, C. R. to Cobbe, F. P.

20 Aug [1870]

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    CD writes for Emma, who is ill.

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    Delighted with FPC's "most just" article [in Echo?]. Sends £1 subscription.

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    Thanks for telling CD about the Fraser's Magazine article [F. W. Farrar, "Hereditary genius (by F. Galton)", n.s. 2 (1870): 251–65].

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    CD wrote as Justice of Peace for Kent to the Home Secretary about Holder's case.

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    Tropaeolum transmits every shade of colour if self-fertilised for six or seven generations.

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