To Lewin Hill 23 March [1871]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
March 23d
Dear Sir
Though you are so considerate as to tell me not to write (& in truth my correspondence is very heavy) I must thank you for your very curious case of the peculiar form of quasi inheritance, where many descendants from the same parents are similarly affected.—2 This holds good in a remarkable manner with the deaf- & dumb; & is, I believe, quite inexplicable.—3
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks LH for his account of a family weakness of the knee.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7613F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Bernard Lewin (Lewin) Hill
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Dr Robert McLennan-Smith (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7613F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7613F.xml
