From Joseph Beete Jukes 27 February 1860
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Believes in the "perfect indefiniteness & frequently the vast length of the interval" between consecutive geological formations. Thus has little respect for arguments against CD based on the absence of transitional forms in the geological record. States that species found through series of beds do vary: some Silurian species have many synonyms which are really varieties of greatly differing ages. CD’s theory accounts for the progressive inprovement, multiplication and increase in complexity that can be seen, but which may often be only relative.
| Author: | Joseph Beete Jukes |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 27 Feb 1860 |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/A3/5: 125–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2716A |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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2.27 William Couper bust, New York
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Barren coasts of Patagonia
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'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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- … of categories of wild birds by sportsmen (Sheail 1976, pp. 22–7, Allen 1994, p. 177), and which some …
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
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- … towards brave clearness and honesty!' (Haight 1954–78 3: 227). …
Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … to J. S. Henslow, March 1834; Narrative 2 (Appendix): 227). ‘Philosophical tracts’, Darwin …
