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To John Power   3 December 1878

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Petition Cambridge University that candidates for an Honour degree may be relieved from the obligation of passing an examination in Greek.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Power
Date:  3 Dec 1878
Classmark:  Cambridge University Reporter, 7 December 1878, pp. 206–7
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11768G

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  • 1868, CD had been concerned that Horace Darwin , who intended to study for a science degree, might not pass the Little-Go as he was ‘backward’ in classics (see Correspondence vol. 16, letter to R. C. …

From A. R. Wallace   4 October 1868

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Sexual differences in coloration. Sexual selection versus natural selection as explanations. ARW continues to argue against sexual selection, saying that natural selection, in keeping the female dull for protection, would account for differences in sexual colouring more effectively than inheritance and partial transmission of sexually selected male colours. Colours of female birds of paradise. Protective coloration. Disagrees with CD on coincidence of hidden nests and bright colours of females.

Author:  Alfred Russel Wallace
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Oct 1868
Classmark:  DAR 106: B68–69
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6408

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  • r . 4th.  1868. Dear Darwin I should have answered your letter before, but I have been very busy reading over my MSs.  the last time before going to press, drawing Maps &c & …
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