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Dear Mr. Hemsley,—You are aware that Patrick Geddes proposes to exclude Natural Selection in the origination of thorns and spines, which he imputes to "diminishing vegetativeness" or "ebbing vitality of the species."

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 by Marchant, James