To J. T. Gulick 8 August [1872]
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Aug. 8th
My dear Sir
Our notes crossed on the road. On reflection I do not think I can do anything about your paper.1 The Secretarys act somewhat like judges & might properly demur to any suggestion being made to them.2 Moreover in this special case, they might say, with perfect truth, that I should prejudiced in favour of your subject.— I know so little about the proceedings of the B. Assoc. that I really cannot form any opinion, whether the Sec.s. would consider your paper too theoretical. I imagine that they do not decide what papers to read until each day arrives & they can see what time there is, & how many papers have been sent in.—3
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Zoology: The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. 5 pts. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1838–43.
Summary
Discusses a paper JTG wanted to read at a BAAS meeting.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8457
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Thomas Gulick
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- AU 8 72
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.423)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8457,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8457.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
