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From J. T. Moggridge 1 February 1873
Summary
He does not accept Wallace’s definition of instinct because it excludes "inherited experience", i.e., "knowledge acquired by and transmitted through ancestors".
House-flies do not seem to have an instinctive fear of trap-door spiders.
Miss Forster gives him news of CD.
| Author: | John Traherne Moggridge |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb 1873 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 217 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8756 |
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| letter | (1) |
Author
| Moggridge, J. T. | (1) |
