To T. H. Huxley 2 February [1862]1
Down
Feb. 2
My dear Huxley
I return the enclosed sent me by Lyell.2 It is a capital letter; you certainly are a dead hand at writing; but whether it is worth wasting your precious time, I cannot help feeling rather doubtful. I must however confess that a man must be utterly blind with prejudice, who would not take up your Lectures, when published, with a more impartial feeling after reading this letter.3 Can you spare me the article to read which you praise as written in a candid and good spirit by a man of science??4
With respect to your reference to me;—it is not a case for thanks; it is quite beyond my deserts or claims.5
Most truly yours | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Returns a letter, which, when it is published, he believes will make readers take up THH’s lectures in a more impartial spirit.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3436
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 145: 223
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3436,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3436.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10