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To George Rolleston   2 September [1875]

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Thanks for GR’s "Address" [see 10141].

Wishes he had not quoted Bagehot’s remark [in Descent 1: 239] about decrease in savage populations. Interest in subject.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Rolleston
Date:  2 Sept [1875]
Classmark:  Wellcome Collection (MS.6119/68)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10150

From George Rolleston   30 August 1875

Summary

Sends copy of his "Address [to the department of anthropology", Rep. BAAS 45 (1875): 142–56].

Notes criticism of remark by Walter Bagehot dealing with extinction of barbarians [cited in Descent 1: 239].

Author:  George Rolleston
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Aug 1875
Classmark:  DAR 147: 554
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10141
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