From Alphonse de Candolle 18 January [1881]
Summary
Thanks for Movement in plants. Praises the terms CD introduces, but criticises CD’s use of the teleological word "purpose".
Outlines his efforts to study the inheritance of characters in his family. F. Galton overemphasises the inheritance of good qualities.
Author: | Alphonse de Candolle |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Jan [1881] |
Classmark: | DAR 161: 25 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13017 |
To Alphonse de Candolle 24 January 1881
Summary
Thanks AdeC for interesting letter. CD has been annoyed by the multitude of new terms lately invented in all branches of biology in Germany. What AdeC says about the word "purpose" made CD vow not to use it again, but it is difficult to cure oneself of a vicious habit and difficult to avoid for anyone who tries to make out the use of a structure.
Francis will write about the diagram [see 13642].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alphonse de Candolle |
Date: | 24 Jan 1881 |
Classmark: | Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13026 |
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Darwin, C. R. |