To Fritz Schultze 14 June [1875]1
June 14th
Dear Sir
I am very much obliged for your courteous letter, & for the present of your new work.—2 It is an extraordinary honour to me to have my name coupled in any manner with that of the illustrious Kant, & I hope soon to read what you say about his views of natural selection.3 I am, however, too poor a German scholar to understand any deep metaphysical discussion.
With much respect & my best thanks, I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
P.S | When you see Prof. Häckel, pray give him my kindest remembrances & thanks for his note.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Schultze, Fritz. 1875. Kant und Darwin. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Entwicklungslehre. Jena: Hermann Dufft.
Summary
Thanks FS for his book [Kant und Darwin].
Sends regards to Haeckel.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10018
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Fritz Schultze
- Sent from
- Abinger Hall Down letterhead
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.470)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10018,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10018.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23