To F. E. Abbot 27 May [1871]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
May 27th
Private
Dear Sir
I am much obliged by your kind & interesting letter.2 What you tell me about the interest felt in America on my own & allied views surprises & highly gratifies me. The extract from the Liberal Christian is one of finest eulogiums I ever read on men of science.3
I have real pleasure in enclosing my photograph, as a very slight token of respect & of my thankfulness for your very kind letter4
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
P.S. I have received the Index & pamphlet, which I will soon read.5 My wife has read them & been struck with them.—
I have now read, Truths for the Times, & I admire them from my inmost heart, & I believe that I agree to every word
Footnotes
Bibliography
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood. [1870.] Truths for the times. Mount Pleasant, Ramsgate: Thomas Scott.
Summary
CD is surprised and gratified by the interest in his views in America.
Has read the extract from the Liberal Christian sent by FEA and also Truths for the times, which he admires.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7771
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Ellingwood Abbot
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Harvard University Archives (Papers of F. E. Abbot, 1841–1904. Named Correspondence, 1857–1903. Folder: Darwin, Charles and W. E. Darwin (son), 1871–1883, box 44. HUG 1101)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7771,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7771.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
