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to suspect. Nevertheless I believe, in the light of 

 analogy, that they will all prove to be natural 

 causes, and therefore not correctly definable as 

 due to ' self-adaptation.' 



My hemiplegia has given me a terrible shake, so 

 I cannot write much. Indeed, this is the longest of 

 the few letters which I have written since my attack. 

 So please excuse seeming bluntness, and believe me 

 to remain. 



Ever yours, very truly and most interestedly, 



Geo. J. EoMANEs. 



P.S. — Of course you would not in any case expect 

 to find so much variability of the conspicuously in- 

 definite kind in nature as in cultivation. For, by 

 hypothesis, natural selection is present in the one 

 case (to destroy useless variations) while absent in 

 the other. But I allow this does not apply to the 

 examples you give me. Only remember the point in 

 publishing your paper. 



H6tel Costebelle, Hy^res : February 10, 1894. 



Dear Mr. Henslow,— I am much indebted to you 

 for all your most interesting letters, and also for 

 prospect of receiving your books. Although for- 

 bidden to write letters myself, or to think about 

 anything as yet, I must send a few lines, pending 

 arrival of the books and papers, giving my general 

 impression of your views as set out in your corre- 

 spondence. 



Briefly, it seems to me that your argument is per- 



