To ? [after 2 November 1859]1
scoring many passages for future reflexion.—
My book on the Origin of species has been some time finished, & will be published, as I hear from Murray, on Nov. 22d.— I fear, if you ever read it, that the conclusions will be abominable ⟨several lines missing⟩ & I must stop, otherwise I shall be ruined.
My book in its present state is sadly too much condensed.—
Pray believe me | My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Origin will be published 22 Nov. Fears correspondent will find the conclusions "abominable".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2541
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Ilkley
- Source of text
- Michael S. Hollander (dealer) (Catalogue 15)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2541,” accessed on 4 October 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2541.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7
