“Owen says my book will be forgotten in 10 years; perhaps so, but, with such a list [of prestigious scientific supporters], I feel convinced that the subject will not.”

Letter http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-2719 to J.D. Hooker, 3 March 1860
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