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The Zoological Station has already resulted in "capital work" by F. M. Balfour and Ray Lankester. G. J. Romanes is coming next year.

CD will be interested in AD’s ancestry of vertebrates. "I shall be very sorry to give up the ascidians."

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Structure of Utricularia; its resemblance to an animal vascular system.

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His thanks for MGR’s valuable Anatomische Untersuchungen (1872).

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Discusses the experiments with phosphates on Drosera and animals.

Considers the question of preparing a petition on the question of animal experiments, with the aim of promoting rather than hindering science. [Response to 9849.]

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Suggests that Fritsche comes to lunch on Tuesday 16 February.

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Understands from Lady Hawkshaw that CD generally visits London [in February]. Requests meeting with CD.

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Asks to introduce Mr. N. Jovanovich of Belgrade, Serbia.

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Sends observations inspired by reading CD’s works.

Animal showing teeth an indication of pleasure, connected with sexual instinct.

Infant feet will curl around an object placed on the sole, indicating a primitive prehensile function.

Effects of climate on man’s physical countenance evidenced in similarity of N. American Indians and Yankees.

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Cannot visit now because of work on Insectivorous plants.

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Asks whether JM thinks another edition of Variation worth while. Asks because a Polish translation is planned and he would undertake corrections for a 2d edition, but not just for a Polish edition.

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"The learned Darwin states that Moses taught confusion. | For Man, he boldly says, descends from Ape or Monkey – | I, having read his book, am come to this conclusion | Darwin (at least himself) descends from Ass or Donkey."

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Tells correspondent how to locate Michael Faraday’s widow [Sarah Barnard].

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Lyell very ill.

No two specimens of Glaucium are alike.

Lord Henry [Lennox] still burkes JDH’s application.

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JM expresses his willingness to publish a new edition of Variation whenever CD revises it.

Descent [2d ed.] has not sold much since the annual sale – 1300 copies altogether.

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Sends a prospectus for the new journal, Mind, and invites CD’s co-operation.

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The plan of the new journal [Mind] seems excellent. CD regrets that he has so much work to do in natural history that it is improbable he can be a contributor.

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Thanks FBG for his essay. Thinks FBG’s planned collection would be very useful but is ‘not sanguine of success’. Most naturalists do not care about domesticated productions. ‘A strong remnant of the feeling yet survives that there is a marked distinction between varieties & species, & naturalists regard only the latter.’

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Thanks for CD’s reception of his book. The evidence GGB has assembled has convinced him of independent creation. The future will say whether he or CD is correct.

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Mourns death of Lyell. Wonders whether enough men of science were attached to him to raise a fitting testimonial.

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Thinks he has observed the origin of the shake of the head as signifying "no" in his seven-month-old son.