To Charles Voysey 21 November [1876]1
Nov. 21
Rev. C. Voysey
Dear Sir
I have taken some days to reflect over your propositions.2 Although I agree with much which they contain, I cd. hardly sign them conscientiously. Moreover I doubt whether any such protest wd. do good. Unless it were signed by a very much larger array of well-known & highly respected names, than is in the least degree probable, it wd., as I believe, actually weaken the cause which you wish to support Therefore I must decline signing.
I remain. Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | C. D.
Footnotes
Summary
Agrees with much of CV’s proposed protest but cannot sign it. Feels it is likely to do more harm than good.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10682
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Voysey
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 97
- Physical description
- ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10682,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10682.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
