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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1872-1874]. Abstract of Fick, Einfluss der Naturwissenschaft auf das Recht. CUL-DAR87.158. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN2

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).

"Fick, Heinrich, 1822-95. Swiss jurist and Prof. in Zürich. CD letter favouring competition among trades unions and the working classes, in Fick, ed. Heinrich Fick. 2 vols., 2:314-5 (F1943)." Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.

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Descent of Man p 29 Deaf & Dumb - but not inherited???

Review of Man (201) p. 16 on duration of life in poor shorter than in rich, & those qualities which lead to richness inherited. — 19 Children Daughter of rich & short-lived persons get married before others - p 26 Conscripts conscript, weak, average

Fick, Heinrich. 1872. [Review of Descent]. Über den Einfluss der Naturwissenschaft auf das Recht: eine öffentliche Vorlesung im Rathhaussaale zu Zürich am 7. März 1872 gehalten. (Separat-Abdruck aus Hildebrand's Jahrbüchern für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. XVIII. Band 4. u. 5. Heft [18: 248-277].) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection reviews 201] PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2d ed., pp. 134-135, n11: "Prof. H. Fick ('Einfluss der Naturwissenschaft auf das Recht,' June, 1872) has some good remarks on this head, and on other such points."

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)