theauthorwrote:——
\"Thislastnaturalist[Haeckel]……hasrecently……publishedhis’NaturlicheSchopfungs—geschichte，’inwhichhefullydiscussesthegenealogyofman。
Ifthisworkhadappearedbeforemyessayhadbeenwritten，Ishouldprobablyneverhavecompletedit。AlmostalltheconclusionsatwhichI
havearrived，Ifindconfirmedbythisnaturalist，whoseknowledgeonmanypointsismuchfullerthanmine。\"）IcannottellyouhowgladIamtofindthatIhaveexpressedmyhighadmirationofyourlabourswithsufficientclearness;IamsurethatIhavenotexpressedittoostrongly。\"]
CHARLESDARWINTOA。R。WALLACE。