From J. F. Moulton 13 December 1879
The transcript of this letter is not yet available online.
Summary
Herbert Spencer, though not the scientific thinker he sees himself to be, was extremely important in conditioning the generation’s acceptance of evolution. Compares Spencer and Robert Chambers as teachers, rather than discoverers, of new ideas.
Summary
Herbert Spencer, though not the scientific thinker he sees himself to be, was extremely important in conditioning the generation’s acceptance of evolution. Compares Spencer and Robert Chambers as teachers, rather than discoverers, of new ideas.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12356
- From
- John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- South Kensington
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 279
- Physical description
- 6pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12356,” accessed on 6 July 2021, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-12356.xml
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