To G. H. Lewes 7 August [1868]
Summary
Thinks GHL’s articles are quite excellent; hopes they will be republished.
Discusses adaptation. Doubts whether similar conditions without selection can produce similar organs independent of blood relationship: "resemblances due to descent and adaptation can commonly be distinguished".
Discusses luminous insects, electrical organs of fish, thorns and spines.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | George Henry Lewes |
Date: | 7 Aug [1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 42; Argyll Papers, Inveraray Castle (NRAS 1209/985) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6308 |
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Lewes, G. H. | (1) |
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