Possibly your exposition will lead some of those, in whose lines of
investigation the question lies, to give deliberate attention to it." A
further proof of his confidence was shown by asking Wallace (in 1874) to
look over the proofs of the first six chapters of his "Principles of
Sociology" in order that he might have the benefit of his criticisms
alike as naturalist, anthropologist, and traveller.
This brief reference to the illustrious group of men to whom we owe the
foundations of this new epoch of evolutionary thought--and not the
foundations only, but also the patient building up of the structure upon
which each one continued to perform his allotted task--and the prefatory
notes and the footnotes attached to the letters will serve to elucidate
the historical correspondence between Darwin and Wallace which follows.
PART II (_Continued_)
II.--The Complete Extant Correspondence between Wallace and Darwin
[1857--81]
"I hope it is a satisfaction to you to reflect--and very few
things in my life have been more satisfactory to me--that we have
never felt any jealousy towards each other, though in some senses
rivals.
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