From George Bentham 23 November 1869
25. Wilton Place. | S.W.
Nov 23 /69
My dear Mr Darwin
I understand that you have passed an indulgent judgement on my last Address but at the same time you have met in it with some points on which I am wrong—or what amounts to the same thing—on which you differ from me1 I do not like encroaching upon your time yet I should feel very much obliged if you could in a few words point out to me what these errors or mistaken views are in order that I may reconsider them and stand corrected. All questions bearing on Geographical distribution have long had a peculiar interest for me and now more particularly since a better acquaintance with the African and Australian floras seem to have placed many things in a different light from that in which they previously appeared, and I am very anxious not to go astray in considering them2
What do you think of Galton’s Hereditary Genius?3
Yours very sincerely | George Bentham
Footnotes
Bibliography
Galton, Francis. 1869. Hereditary genius: an inquiry into its laws and consequences. London: Macmillan.
Summary
Has heard that CD thinks GB is wrong on some points in his [Presidential] Address [to Linnean Society, see 6793]. Asks CD to point out where he is wrong.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7005
- From
- George Bentham
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Wilton Place, 25
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 164
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7005,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7005.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17