To J. D. Hooker 13 [May 1860]1
Down
13th
My dear Hooker
I return Henslow, which I was very glad to see. How good of him to defend me.—2 I will write & thank him.—3 As you said you were curious to hear Thomson’s opinion, I send his kind letter.4 He is evidently a strong opposer to us; but his arguments rather remind me of an old Lady who defended Christianity to my Father, saying “Doctor Doctor, I know that sugar is sweet, & I know that my Redeemer liveth.”—5
Your affect | C. D.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Autobiography: The autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809–1882. With original omissions restored. Edited with appendix and notes by Nora Barlow. London: Collins. 1958.
Summary
J. S. Henslow’s defence of CD;
[Thomas?] Thomson’s opposition to Origin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2798
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 115: 54
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2798,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2798.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8