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To M. J. Berkeley   7 September 1868

Summary

Appreciates MJB’s address [Rep. BAAS 38 (1868): 83–7]. Has had great respect for MJB’s knowledge since his undergraduate days at Cambridge.

Agrees that Pangenesis gemmules probably do not develop into free cells, but penetrate other cells in a manner analogous to fertilisation, and modify their development.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:  7 Sept 1868
Classmark:  Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/46)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6353