To John Higgins 21 December [1850]
Summary
Asks his opinion concerning possible investment. Asks about possible land sale to Mr Mason.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 21 Dec [1850] |
| Classmark: | Lincolnshire Archives (HIG/4/2/1/41) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1377 |
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| letter | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Higgins, John | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Higgins, John | (1) |
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Species and varieties
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection …so begins the title of Darwin’s most famous book, and the reader would rightly assume that such a thing as ‘species’ must therefore exist and be subject to description. But the title continues, …or…
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Living and fossil cirripedia
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Darwin published four volumes on barnacles, the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia, between 1851 and 1854, two on living species and two on fossil species. Written for a specialist audience, they are among the most challenging and least read of Darwin’s works…
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- … Darwin published four volumes on the crustacean sub-class Cirripedia between 1851 and 1854, two on …
