To St G. J. Mivart 5 January 1872
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Jan 5. 1872
My dear Sir
I am sorry that you have had the trouble of sending me a copy of your article, as I had already procured the Review.1
I am obliged to you for the opinion which you express about me; but I consider that you have greatly misrepresented my views & conclusions; & I hope I am not quite so bigotted a person as I am made to appear in the Quarterly Review.2 We however differ so completely in our opinion of what is reasonable & just that it wd be waste of time on both sides for us to discuss almost any subject. Time will decide which of us is in the right.
Dear Sir | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Feels that StGJM’s review of Descent [Q. Rev. 131 (1871): 47–90] greatly misrepresents CD’s opinions and conclusions. Feels their differences of opinion are so great that discussion of almost any subject would be a waste of both their time.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8145
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- St George Jackson Mivart
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections DC AL 1/17)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8145,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8145.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
