Letter : Godalming, England, to Charles Marseilles, Exeter, N.H., 1885 Apr. 11.

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Letter : Godalming, England, to Charles Marseilles, Exeter, N.H., 1885 Apr. 11.

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Autograph letter signed. Refers to Herbert Spencer as the author of the phrase "survival of the fittest." Also refers to works in which the theory is illustrated and developed.

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