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To J. D. Hooker 20 December [1873]
Summary
His indignation at the malignant, odious, hypocrite Owen’s attack on JDH. History of Secretaryship [of Royal Society in Nature 9 (1873): 129–30] was best answer to Owen.
Is hard at work on new edition of Descent – a truly awful job.
No use going on with experiments on effects of water on bloom-divested leaves. May have erred. Or it may be that water is only injurious when there is a good supply of actinic rays. Will wait until spring.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | 20 Dec [1873] |
Classmark: | DAR 95: 308–9 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9187 |
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letter | (1) |
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Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
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Darwin, C. R. | |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |