From Dr von Gloeden 1 July 1872
Summary
Comments on Descent.
Attempts to explain differing sex ratios in births from illegitimate unions, Jewish marriages, and Christian marriages.
Speculates on role of male and female elements in conception.
Thinks survival of individual conflicts in some degree with survival of species; for example, hybrids often live longer than fertile individuals.
| Author: | [–] von Gloeden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 July 1872 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 57 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8400 |
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Moral Nature
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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
