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From G. A. Gaskell   13 November 1878

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Discusses three "laws of race preservation" which are evolving: (1) natural selection; (2) the sociological law of sympathetic selection, or indiscriminate survival; (3) moral law – social selection or the "Birth of the Fittest".

Author:  George Arthur Gaskell
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Nov 1878
Classmark:  DAR 165: 12
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11744

From G. A. Gaskell   20 November 1878

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Thanks CD for his encouraging letter. Replies to CD’s points. Thinks more attention should be given to the origin and growth of sexual shame.

Author:  George Arthur Gaskell
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Nov 1878
Classmark:  DAR 165: 13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11752
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