![DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Letter signed ('Charles Darwin') to [Dr Rudolph Heine], Down, 16 (corrected from 15) March [1865], 'I am pleased to hear that you have been interested in my work on the Origin of Species. Your law of inheritance I dare say is true & may have some bearing on the modification of species; but I fear it would be difficult to prove it with sufficient clearness to allow of its use', 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, a draft letter by the recipient to Sir James Beart Simonds, 7 November 1865, on the subject of horses' teeth occupying the head and foot of the letter, and part of the integral blank. Provenance: Stargardt sale, 26 March 1992, lot 582; private collection.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CKS/2011_CKS_08002_0019_000(darwin_charles_letter_signed_to_dr_rudolph_heine_down_16_march_1865_i075724).jpg?w=1)
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DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). Letter signed ('Charles Darwin') to [Dr Rudolph Heine], Down, 16 (corrected from 15) March [1865], 'I am pleased to hear that you have been interested in my work on the Origin of Species. Your law of inheritance I dare say is true & may have some bearing on the modification of species; but I fear it would be difficult to prove it with sufficient clearness to allow of its use', 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium, a draft letter by the recipient to Sir James Beart Simonds, 7 November 1865, on the subject of horses' teeth occupying the head and foot of the letter, and part of the integral blank. Provenance: Stargardt sale, 26 March 1992, lot 582; private collection.
Letter 4786f in the Darwin Correspondence Project, where it is incorrectly dated 15 March. Darwin is responding to a letter of Heine's dated 10 March (letter 4783), in which he proposes a hereditary law of use and disuse, i.e. that the offspring inherit most strongly those characteristics which the parents have most used before conception.
Letter 4786f in the Darwin Correspondence Project, where it is incorrectly dated 15 March. Darwin is responding to a letter of Heine's dated 10 March (letter 4783), in which he proposes a hereditary law of use and disuse, i.e. that the offspring inherit most strongly those characteristics which the parents have most used before conception.
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