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13 Madingley Road, 

 Cambridge, March 24<A, 1008. 



Dear Lord Avebury — There is going to be a 

 memorial volume of essays next year in connexion 

 with the Centenary of my father's birth and the jubilee 

 (though we shall avoid this horrid word) of the Origin. 

 The editor wants an article on " Darwinism and Politics " 

 or " Politics in relation to Evolution " or some such title. 

 Do you think you could see your way to writing such 

 an article ? The idea is to have articles comprehen- 

 sible to the educated layman, and therefore not too 

 technical. 



We shall probably get F. Galton to write on Eugenics, 

 which would be the only article that could clash with 

 one on Politics, and such clashing could easily be avoided 

 by arrangement. 



If you are inclined to help us, will you let me have 

 an approximate title. Of course the above titles are 

 the merest suggestions — we leave the scope of the essay 

 to you. 



I think the average article will be 15 to 20 pp., large 

 8vo. — Yours sincerely, 



Francis Darwin. 



It was a suggestion which made a strong appeal 

 to him, for many reasons, but he did not quite 

 see how to treat the subject, and after some 

 consideration thought it best to decline. He did 

 accept, however, the proposal conveyed in the 

 following invitation : 



East Oakley House, Oakley, 

 Hants, May 8th, 1908. 



Dear Lord Avebury — It was the unanimous wish 

 of the Committee on the Darwin-Wallace Celebration, 

 at their meeting yesterday, that you should be requested 

 to give a short address at the Celebration on July 1st, 

 and I was asked to write to you on the subject. 



It is suggested that your remarks should follow the 

 presentation of the medals to the 7 selected recipients, 

 and their replies. 



It was felt that your old friendship with Darwin and 



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