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I MUST confess to still feeling some difficulty in understanding my friend Prof. Lankester's position, notwithstanding his explanations. The correlation principle was arrived at by Mr. Darwin after a careful examination of a large body of facts. I quote the carefully considered words in which he sums up his conclusions:—
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THISELTON-DYER, W. The Utility of Specific Characters. Nature 54, 435–436 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054435d0
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