Item 06: Letters sent by Robert Christian Wilson to his family, 1918-April 1919 - Page 273
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would be able to keep out of all arguments. So as soon as I came down here I bought a cheap copy and am hard at it reading it now.
When I get home I go am going to study the different sorts of cross breeding all I know. Darwins records of his cross breeding are wonderfully interesting but I dont think he knew anything about Mendelism when he wrote them.
I dont know much about Mendelism but I think that had Darwin suspected Mendel's laws he would have carried his experiments further; but of course that would not have altered his species theories at all.
I must read Mendel's book first chance as I have already been in some arguments over it through not knowing anything about it.
I say I believe Mendel's theories, or rather what Gossip has written about them, and then chaps say if they are right it proves that Corriedales, starting originating from a cross, cant be a fixed type. I certainly believe Corriedales are a fixed breed so I'm terribly tied up and only keep finding out how little I know.
Have you read any of Gene Stratton Porter's books? They are A1. They are beautifully written and such nice nature studies. I wish I could see her collection of photos which she mentions in "The Music of the Wild".