Dear Poulton,-- ... I am glad that Lankester has replied to the almost disgraceful Centenary article in the _Times_. But it is an illustration of the widespread mischief the Mutationists, etc., are doing. I have no doubt, however, it will all come right in the end, though the end may be far off, and in the meantime we must simply go on, and show, at every opportunity, that Darwinism actually does explain the whole fields of phenomena that they do not even attempt to deal with, or even approach....--Yours very truly, ALFRED R. WALLACE. * * * * * TO MRS. FISHER _Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne. March 6, 1909._ Dear Mrs. Fisher,-- ... Another point I am becoming more and more impressed with is, a teleology of fundamental laws and forces rendering development of the infinity of life-forms possible (and certain) in place of the old teleology applied to the production of each species. Such are the case of feathers reproduced annually, which I gave at end of lecture, and the still more marvellous fact of the caterpillar, often in two or three weeks of chrysalis life, having its whole internal, muscular, nervous, locomotive and alimentary organs decomposed and recomposed into a totally different being--an absolute miracle if ever there is one, quite as wonderful as would be the production of a complex marine organism out of a mass of protoplasm. Yet, because there has been continuity, the difficulty is slurred over or thought to be explained!--Yours very truly, ALFRED R. WALLACE. * * * * * TO SIR W.T. THISELTON-DYER _Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne. June 22, 1909._