<span>Fragment of a letter from Charles Darwin to unknown, about paleontology. Transcription: "Little light which I have attempted to [thaw?] as the subject in Chapt. IX. But to respect if my views are in the main (including no doubt much error) right them [] shall [] have to give up our first + natural [] that paleontology gives a fair picture of the forms which have perplexed this earth. We shall have to look at all our paleontological colections as a mere </span><span>chance gathering of a few forms. Therefore I fully admit that the almost universally [] opinion of one large class facts in geology is diametrically opposed to such views as mine. This part of geology does not [] also support me. On the contrary if the views of Nat. Selections is in main connect, geological view portion of a letter from Charles Darwin, [] leather of the "The Origin of Species."The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts</span>
