To Ernst Haeckel 3 March [1864]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Mar 3.
My dear Sir
I received a week since your most kind present of your work on Radiolariæ. It is one of the most magnificent works which I have ever seen, & I am proud to possess a copy from the author.2
It is very interesting & instructive to study your admirably executed drawings; for I had no idea that animals of such low organization could develope such extremely beautiful structures.—3
I hope you are able to work hard on science & thus banish, as far as may be possible, painful remembrances.4
With cordial thanks for your magnificent present, & with sincere respect | Believe me my dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Haeckel, Ernst. 1862. Die Radiolarien. (Rhizopoda Radiaria.) Eine Monographie. 2 vols. Berlin: Georg Reimer.
Marginalia: Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990.
Uschmann, Georg. 1984. Ernst Haeckel. Biographie in Briefen. Gütersloh: Prisma Verlag.
Summary
Has received EH’s Die Radiolarien. Drawings admirably executed. Had no idea such low animals could develop such beautiful structures.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4419
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A–Abt. 1: 1–52/2)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4419,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4419.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
