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To Otto Zacharias   [11 June 1875]1

[Abinger Hall, Surrey.]

Nothing can be more convincing and clear than the conclusions of Malthus, and yet every now and then some foolish author tries to disprove them.2

Footnotes

1
The date is established from the printed source (Zacharias 1882, p. 80). The letter was probably CD’s reply to the letter from Otto Zacharias, 3 June 1875.
2
CD refers to Thomas Robert Malthus and probably to Albert Wigand (Zacharias 1882, p. 45). Wigand, a professor of botany at Marburg, had strongly opposed CD’s theory of natural selection (see Wigand 1874–7). In his letter of 3 June 1875, Zacharias wrote that he was sending CD his review of Albert Wigand’s anti-Darwinian book (see letter from Otto Zacharias, 3 June 1875 and n. 7).

Bibliography

Wigand, Albert. 1874–7. Der Darwinismus und die Naturforschung Newtons und Cuviers. Beiträge zur Methodik der Naturforschung und zur Speciesfrage. 3 vols. Brunswick: F. Vieweg und Sohn.

Zacharias, Otto. 1882. Charles R. Darwin und die cultur-historische Bedeutung seiner Theorie vom Ursprung der Arten. Ein Beitrag zur Darwin-Litteratur. Berlin: Elwin Staude.

Summary

CD is convinced by the conclusions of Malthus.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10013F
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Otto Zacharias
Source of text
Zacharias 1882, p. 80

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10013F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10013F.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23

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