Ifyourdevelopmentproducedthesuccessivemodificationofthebeeanditscells（whichnomortalcanprove），finalcausewouldstandgoodasthedirectingcauseunderwhichthesuccessivegenerationsactedandgraduallyimproved。Passagesinyourbook，likethattowhichIhavealluded（andthereareothersalmostasbad），greatlyshockedmymoraltaste。Ithink，inspeculatingonorganicdescent，youOVER—statetheevidenceofgeology;

　　andthatyouUNDER—stateitwhileyouaretalkingofthebrokenlinksofyournaturalpedigree:butmypaperisnearlydone，andImustgotomylecture—room。Lastly，then，Igreatlydisliketheconcludingchapter——notasasummary，forinthatlightitappearsgood——butIdislikeitfromthetoneoftriumphantconfidenceinwhichyouappealtotherisinggeneration（inatoneIcondemnedintheauthorofthe’Vestiges’）andprophesyofthingsnotyetinthewomboftime，nor（ifwearetotrusttheaccumulatedexperienceofhumansenseandtheinferencesofitslogic）everlikelytobefoundanywherebutinthefertilewombofman’simagination。Andnowtosayawordaboutasonofamonkeyandanoldfriendofyours:Iambetter，farbetter，thanIwaslastyear。Ihavebeenlecturingthreedaysaweek（formerlyIgavesixaweek）withoutmuchfatigue，butIfindbythelossofactivityandmemory，andofallproductivepowers，thatmybodilyframeissinkingslowlytowardstheearth。ButIhavevisionsofthefuture。Theyareasmuchapartofmyselfasmystomachandmyheart，andthesevisionsaretohavetheirantitypeinsolidfruitionofwhatisbestandgreatest。Butononeconditiononly——thatIhumblyacceptGod’srevelationofHimselfbothinhisworksandinHisword，anddomybesttoactinconformitywiththatknowledgewhichHeonlycangiveme，andHeonlycansustainmeindoing。IfyouandIdoallthisweshallmeetinheaven。

　　Ihavewritteninahurry，andinaspiritofbrotherlylove，thereforeforgiveanysentenceyouhappentodislike;andbelieveme，spiteofanydisagreementinsomepointsofthedeepestmoralinterest，yourtrue—

　　heartedoldfriend，A。SEDGWICK。

　　CHARLESDARWINTOT。H。HUXLEY。

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