Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1859 October 25
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| TITLE INFORMATION | |||
| Title | Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1859 October 25 | ||
| ASSOCIATED NAMES | |||
| Creator | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | ||
| CONTENT DESCRIPTION | |||
| Abstract | Printed, with minor changes: Life and Letters II, 176-77. At beginning of letter is: gives "very hypothetical" doctrine of [Peter Simon] Pallas as it applies to domestic dogs, viz. that present races of domestic dogs were produced by domestication of wolf in one country, of fox in another, etc., and by subsequent crossing; American dogs have descended from three or four "aboriginally distinct" species, and Europeans from several others; "We believe that all canine species have descended from one parent"; unclear whether all or only some differences in present breeds originated since domestication; importance of period of gestation has been exaggerated; races of man a great difficulty; does not believe Pallas's or [Jean Louis Rodolphe] Agassiz's claim that there are several species of man; [Sepoy] mutiny in India "stopped some important enquiries" about man; "I do not attribute much effect to climate &c."; some plants migrated through tropical lowlands during the glacial period; is lame; hopes H[enry] Holland will not review [Origin (1859)] in Q. Rev. because Holland "is so presumptuous & knows so little." | ||
| Language | English (eng) | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Lyell, Charles, 1767-1849 | ||
| Subject (lcsh) | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | ||
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |||
| Type | Text | ||
| Format | text | ||
| Extent | 8p. | ||
| Digital Origin | reformatted digital | ||
| Reformatting Quality | preservation | ||
| ORIGIN INFORMATION | |||
| Date Issued | 1859-10-25 | ||
| Date Modified | 2022 | ||
| PARENT COLLECTION | |||
| Title | An Annotated Calendar of the Letters of Charles Darwin in the Library of the American Philosophical Society | ||
| Call Number | Mss.B.D25 | ||
| URL | https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.D25-ead.xml | ||
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