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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelPiece
Reference Number GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/8
TitleDarwin to Francis Galton
Date23 Dec 1869
DescriptionLetter from Charles Darwin to Galton praising his book Hereditary Genius. Darwin was half way through the book, as it was being read to him by his wife, but was already converted by Galton's argument that men differed in their hereditary talents, rather than in their "zeal and hard work".
Extent1 letter
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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