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From Francis Darwin to Alphonse de Candolle   24 January [1881]

Summary

FD and CD have been interested in AdeC’s diagram for illustrating inheritance. The difficulty of estimating different qualities in oneself and others is very great. Encloses a diagram illustrating how FD compares himself with his parents. CD has filled in a comparison with his father. It shows he resembles his father more than FD resembles CD. [The qualities compared are: stature, hair, eyes, pulse, musical capacity, ability to draw, tendency toward biological sciences, tendency toward mathematical sciences, perseverence, memory, aptitude for foreign languages.]

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Alphonse de Candolle
Date:  24 Jan [1881]
Classmark:  Archives de la famille de Candolle (private collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-13642
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