To W. T. Goodale 26 February [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Feb. 26
Dear Sir
I have not strength from ill-health to discuss the point raised in your letter.—2 I do not think the difficulty is greater for evolution than for ordinary growth. Every organism is developed from a single cell. Look at a man with an additional & abnormal finger here we see new bones formed. I am much obliged for your kind offer to send me the book, but I do not care to see it.—
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Hopkins, Mark. 1873. An outline study of man; or, the body and mind in one system. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Company.
Summary
Has not the strength to discuss WTG’s letter, and points out that every organism develops from a single cell.
Does not wish to see the Book WTG offered.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9313F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Walter Temple Goodale
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Stephen R. Marzilli (private collection)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9313F,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9313F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22