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Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from C. R. Darwin to J. D. Hooker   26 March [1854]

Darwin, Charles Robert

Darwin-Hooker Letters

<p style='text-align: justify;'>CD welcomes the prospect of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society as means for seeing old acquaintances and making new ones. Will try to go up to London regularly.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Admits that the warning from JDH and Asa Gray (that more harm than good will come from combat over the species issue) makes him feel "deuced uncomfortable".</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Reflects upon the complexity of Agassiz; how singular that a man of his eminence and immense knowledge "should write such wonderful stuff & bosh".</p>

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