Personal reminiscences of Charles Darwin and of the reception of the "Origin of Species", 1909.

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Personal reminiscences of Charles Darwin and of the reception of the "Origin of Species", 1909.

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This is the corrected typescript of an address to the American Philosophical Society commemorating the centenary of Darwin's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the "Origin of the Species" on April 23, 1909.

22 p.

American Philosophical Society Library

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