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AMONG the books whose claim on our attention is relatively independent of accidental considerations like timeliness or style, none surpass in interest those that deal with revolutions in human thought. Among revolutions of this kind none have been more important than the one which led to the replacement of the dogma of specific immutability by a more satisfying thesis. The doings and sayings of the men whose minds first proved receptive of this vivifying doctrine inspire in scientific circles feelings akin to those induced oelsewhere by hagiologic studies.
Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, O.M., G.C.S.L, Based on Materials Collected and Arranged by Lady Hooker.
By Leonard Huxley. Vol. i. pp. x + 546; vol. ii., pp. vi + 569. (London: John Murray, 1918.) 2 vols., price 36s. net.
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Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, O.M., G.C.S.I., Based on Materials Collected and Arranged by Lady Hooker . Nature 101, 481–482 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/101481a0
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