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(1) I QUITE agree with Dr. Reid that the mnemic hypothesis does not demonstrate the transmission of acquirements. What I said in my review was that the mnemic theory is based upon a belief in the inheritance of acquired characters—a statement that anyone may verify who will take the trouble to read Prof. Semon's book. I should perhaps have qualified the statement by saying “Prof. Semon's Mnemic Theory”, though personally I cannot conceive of a mnemic theory which is not so based.
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DENDY, A. The Mnemic Theory of Heredity. Nature 88, 586 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/088586a0
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