Dear Sir

I have read with much interest that part of your essay which you point out, & I hope hereafter to read the whole. I have not knowledge enough to form an opinion of any value of your view   But the facts which you give about these tumours, such as the enclosed teeth &c (tho’ I had never heard of the more wonderful cases you refer to) seem to me highly favourable to some such notion as that of pangenesis; for they indicate that there must be independant germs for each part.²

I cannot remember that there was any thing in my last note worth giving, but you are welcome to use any statement made by me³

Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin