To E. B. Aveling 11 August [1881]1
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My dear Sir—
I thank you for your courteous note & for the present of your work received this morning.—2 I shall be glad to read it, as it is always interesting to an author to see how his assertions strike any [fresh] & vigorous mind. Nor do I at all dislike persons differing from me, or extending their views to a greater length than seems to me safe.— I have read your Introduction & see that you compliment me, to a much higher degree than, as I believe, I deserve.—3
yours faithfully | C. D.—
Aug. 11. Dr Aveling
Footnotes
Bibliography
Aveling, Edward Bibbins. 1881. The student’s Darwin. London: Freethought Publishing Company.
Summary
Thanks EBA for his book [see 13283]. Has no objection to people differing from him or carrying his arguments further than he would consider safe.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13287
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Bibbens Aveling
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 27
- Physical description
- ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13287,” accessed on 1 December 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13287.xml
