RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1873-1874]. Abstract of Whitney, Man's mental Powers. CUL-DAR87.74. 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).
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Whitney on Language - Man's mental Powers.
Whitney, William Dwight. 1873. Oriental and linguistic studies. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.681 PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2d ed., pp. 88-89n: "The judgment of a distinguished philologist, such as Prof. Whitney, will have far more weight on this point than anything that I can say. He remarks ('Oriental and Linguistic Studies,' 1873, p. 297)..."
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