To W. R. Browne 23 November 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Nov. 23d 1881
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your courteous proposal; but I never write in periodicals, as I think that my time is better spent in endeavouring to do new work. Nor indeed have I nearly enough knowledge to attempt discussing the present state of our knowledge on comparative anatomy.1
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
CD had been invited to contribute to a series of articles on ‘how far the theories in each science without any reference to Christianity’ rested on ‘fully proved & verified laws & how far on hypotheses’ (see letter from W. R. Browne, [20–2] November [1881]).
Summary
Regrets that he cannot write the requested journal article on comparative anatomy.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13516F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Walter Raleigh Browne
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- John Wilson (dealer) (20 January 2010)
- Physical description
- ALS
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13516F,” accessed on
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