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"I shall not be in London on Monday, but I have written to my Brother to ask him to aid you"

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Thanks for facts on inheritance. May be used if CD corrects 3d ed. [2d ed.] of Variation.

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"When a man has laboured hard in science & has proved that he is capable of original research, he may [some]times indulge in speculation [&] the public will indulge him. But even in this case it is a common error to speculate too largely, for speculation is far easier than observation or experiments . . ."

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"You are most perfectly welcome to Fragmenta [F. J. H. von Mueller Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae (1858–64)], & I shall be delighted if they are of the slightest use to you."

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Glad BDW has proved his case on dimorphism of Cynips.

Interested in galls

and BDW’s Cicada articles [Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia (1864)].

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Oliver overlooked CD’s request about rutaceous flowers. Of precisely which points about the ovules does CD want illustrations?

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John Lubbock regrets GHD did not take the Eton post. JL thinks scientific masters will soon occupy places as high and as profitable as classical masters.

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Takes "much to heart" solar evidence for short age of the earth. Cites evidence for "long endurance of our existing continents". Comments on process of denudation.

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"My experiment was intended solely to show that colour reappeared, and I choose kinds which breed [true] to colour, as is certainly the case with [sports] and those which I tried . . .

I have recorded an undoubted case of wild rock Pigeons caught in Scotland having bred in confinement …"

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Horned rams of Guinea sheep.

CD’s queries about expression are too difficult for him to answer.

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Replies to F. Delpino’s criticisms of Pangenesis [Sci. Opin. 2 (1869): 365–7, 391–3, 407–8], especially concerning the difficulty of explaining the regrowth of amputated organs.

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Visiting arrangements.

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Reports what he must pay for university courses. Forgets what CD wants to know about vermiform appendage.

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Discusses CD’s health and James Paget’s "verdict".

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Sends information from a Kent sheep-breeder.

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"I enclose a note from Lord Fitzwilliam about his horse with zebra-marks. The case seems as striking as I believed."

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Describes expression of her baby when crying.

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Has seen J. J. Sylvester again.

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Replies to inquiries about his life and career.

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Has written to Moscow about translations of Origin. Wishes to translate additions to the fifth English edition and print them as a supplement.

Pleased by CD’s high opinion of Alexander Kovalevsky.