From ? [16 February 1875]
The learned Darwin states that Moses taught confusion For Man, he boldly says, descends from Ape or Monkey— I, having read his book, am come to this conclusion Darwin (at least himself) descends from Ass or Donkey
CD annotations
Verso of letter: ‘An anonymous compliment | received Feb 16th 1875.—’ ink
Summary
"The learned Darwin states that Moses taught confusion. | For Man, he boldly says, descends from Ape or Monkey – | I, having read his book, am come to this conclusion | Darwin (at least himself) descends from Ass or Donkey."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9858
- From
- Unidentified
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- -
- Source of text
- DAR 140.4: 25
- Physical description
- AL 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9858,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9858.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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