From W. W. Keen [May–June? 1874]
Cancelled: Part of 9072.
Summary
CD’s theory has his qualified support.
He suggests the inheritance of syphilis as an example of sexual selection.
Gives an example of inherited expression in his wife’s and daughter’s frowns.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9437
- From
- William Williams Keen
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Philadelphia
- Source of text
- DAR 169: 2
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9437,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9437.xml
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