To C. A. Lindvall 25 February 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Feb. 25th. 1879
Dear Sir
I honour your zeal for Science & admire the excellent English which you can write.
I am so much overworked & have so many letters to answer, that I cannot discuss the various points in your long letter.1 I am, however, sorry to say that I differ widely from you on many points. It seems to me that you confine your attention too exclusively to Scandinavia. It would be of no use to present your letter to the Geological Society, as it would be rejected as being too speculative with no new & detailed observations given.—2
I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
CAL’s letter [see 11885] would not be printed by the Geological Society as it is too speculative and has no new information.
Encloses his photograph.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11904
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Carl August Lindvall
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Centrum för vetenskapshistoria, Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien (MS C. A. Lindvall)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11904,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11904.xml
