Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from C. R. Darwin to J. D. Hooker 30 July [1856]
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>CD’s predicament with continental extensions: they would remove argument for multiple creations, yet he opposes the doctrine. Lyell will not express an opinion on this.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Lyell fears mutability would lead to more specific names.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Encloses copy of letters to Lyell [<em class="doubleUnderline">1910</em> and <em class="doubleUnderline">1917</em>].</p>