To Karl Marx 1 October 1873
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 1. 73
Dear Sir
I thank you for the honour which you have done me by sending me your great work on Capital;1 & I heartily wish that I was more worthy to receive it, by understanding more of the deep & important subject of political economy. Though our studies have been so different, I believe that we both earnestly desire the extension of knowledge, & that this in the long run is sure to add to the happiness of mankind.
I remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Marx, Karl. 1873. Das Kapital: Kritik der politischen Ökonomie. 2d edition. Hamburg: Otto Meissner.
Summary
Thanks KM for gift of his "great work on Capital" [2d German ed. of Das Kapital]. Wishes he understood more of "the deep & important subject of political Economy".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9080
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Karl Heinrich (Karl) Marx
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam (Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels Papers D. 1013)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9080,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9080.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
