A letter from an old colleague in Southeast Asia with whom you’ve corresponded for years, attached to a manuscript that lays out your whole theory of natural selection in a nutshell. He’s asking you, as a well-connected man of science, whether you would communicate his paper to the Linnean Society of London for reading and possible publication, if you think his arguments meritorious.&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
&#160;&#160;&#160; 接着出现了晴空霹雳。你的一个在南亚的与你通信多年的老同事给你写了一封信。信里附上了一个手稿。这个手稿言简意赅地总结了你整个的物竞天择理论。他还请求，如果你认为他的观点有理，作为一个在科学界交游广泛的人士，你能否把他的论文推荐到伦敦林奈学会供人评议甚至出版。