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the sexual elements are essentially the same process, as Letter 201 

 pangenesis in the most solemn manner declares to be 

 the case. 



To T. H. Huxley. Letter 202 



Down, June I2th [1867 ?]. 



We come up on Saturday, the 1 5th, for a week. I want 

 much to see you for a short time to talk about my youngest 

 boy and the School of Mines. 1 know it is rather unreason- 

 able/but you must let me come a little after 10 o'clock on 

 Sunday morning, the i6th. If in any way inconvenient, send 

 me a line to " 6, Queen Anne Street, W. " ; but if I do not 

 hear, I will (stomacJio volente) call, but I will not stay very 

 long and spoil your whole morning as a holiday. Will you 

 turn two or three times in your mind this question : what I 

 called pangenesis means that each cell throws off an atom of 

 its contents or a gemmule, and that these aggregated form 

 the true ovule or bud, etc. ? Now I want to know whether 

 I could not invent a better word. Cyttarogenesis 1 i.e. cell- 

 genesis is more true and expressive, but long. Atomogenesis 

 sounds rather better, I think, but an " atom ' is an object 

 which cannot be divided ; and the term might refer to the 

 origin of atoms of inorganic matter. I believe I \\Ve pangenesis 

 best, though so indefinite ; and though my wife says it sounds 

 wicked, like pantheism ; but I am so familiar now with this 

 word, that I cannot judge. I supplicate you to help me. 



To A. R. Wallace. Letter 203 



Down, Oct, I2th and I3th [1867]. 



I ordered the journal - a long time ago, but by some 

 oversight received it only yesterday, and read it. You will 

 think my praise not worth having, from being so indiscrimi- 

 nate ; but if I am to speak the truth, I must say I admire 

 every word. You have just touched on the points which I 

 particularly wished to see noticed. I am glad you had the 

 courage to take up Angracum* after the Duke's attack; for 



1 From Kurrapor, a bee's-cell : cytogenesis would be a natural form 

 of the word from KVTOS. 



- Quarterly Journal of Science, Oct., 1867, p: 472. A review of the 

 Duke of Argyll's Reign of Law. 



3 Angrcecum sesquipedale, a Madagascan orchid, with a whiplike 

 nectary, 11 to 12 inches in length, which, according to Darwin (Fertilisa- 



