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On the Christian God; questioning of CD’s religious beliefs.

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Writes at length on importance of God and Catholicism, and the need to seek salvation.

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Anecdotal comments on various sections of Descent:

Red Indians erecting their ears;

reasoning in a pet antelope, stag deer, and mongoose;

use of foot as prehensile organ by carpenters in India.

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They have never had any Erasmus Darwin letters.

Sends photographs [of Elston Hall].

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Answers CD’s query about Robert Darwin of Lincoln’s Inn.

Sends an introduction for Leonard Darwin to their tenants at Elston Hall.

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Thanks CD for offer of his portrait.

Suggests a solicitor who has Darwin papers and who may have information about Cleatham.

Describes her portrait of Erasmus Darwin.

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Thanks CD for the engraving, which has arrived.

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Describes her experiences of blushing on her hands.

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Expresses her pleasure at seeing George Darwin’s name as Second Wrangler.

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Librarian to the Board of Trade proposes a celebration of CD’s 60th birthday by the Vienna Free Press.

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A friend with similar interests has asked to be introduced to CD, as he has some facts that will amuse him.

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Discusses his book [Die Darwin’sche Theorie (1871)], in which he emphasises natural selection acts on inborn variation and is the exclusive cause of transmutation, in opposition to the theories of Haeckel and Moritz Wagner.

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CD elected an honorary professor of the Institucion Libre de Enseñanza.