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To H. M. Westropp 26 May 1881
Summary
Cannot discuss HMW’s essay. Does not believe there has been progress in all organisms. There has been much degradation, as in parasites.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hodder Michael Westropp |
Date: | 26 May 1881 |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 351 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13175 |
To H. M. Westropp 22 April [1871]
Summary
Case of the reasoning bear is analogous to the elephant blowing with trunk to bring object within reach.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hodder Michael Westropp |
Date: | 22 Apr [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 148: 350 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7706 |
To H. M. Westropp 7 November [1871]
Summary
"Please accept my thanks for your kind present of your two Papers."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Hodder Michael Westropp |
Date: | 7 Nov [1871] |
Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8055A |
From H. M. Westropp 20 April [1871]
Summary
Anecdote of bear reasoning [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 76].
Similarity of forms of ornamentation and implements in widely separate races and ages [Descent 1: 233].
Author: | Hodder Michael Westropp |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Apr [1871] |
Classmark: | DAR 90: 38–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7703 |
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letter | (4) |
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Westropp, H. M. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |