To T. H. Huxley 23 April [1853]
Summary
On THH’s paper on cephalous Mollusca [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 143 (1853) pt 1: 29–66]. Discovery of the type or "idea" (in THH’s sense, not Owen’s or Agassiz’s) is one of the highest ends of natural history.
Discusses anamorphism;
position of heart in Cleodora.
Variability within species;
cementing process in cirripedes.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
Date: | 23 Apr [1853] |
Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1480 |
Document type
letter | (1) |
Author
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
Correspondent
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Huxley, T. H. | (1) |