From Friedrich Max Müller 13 October [1875]
Summary
Sends CD his answers to W. D. Whitney’s articles. Sees man as separated from other animals by the possession of language. There is no scientific evidence for even the slightest attempt at language in the higher animals, which cannot, therefore, be reasonably regarded as "stunted man". [See "In self-defence", Chips from a German workshop 4 (1875): 473–549.]
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Oct [1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 286 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10194 |
From Friedrich Max Müller 7 January 1875
Summary
FMM discusses his reply to George Darwin’s article [see 9711].
Intends within a year to place his whole argument before CD when, he hopes, his difficulties connected with the origin of language will be carefully considered by CD.
| Author: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 285 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9808 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … paper defending CD’s views on language ( G. H. Darwin 1874 ). Müller noted that George’s …
- … Darwin 1874 ), George had drawn attention to William Dwight Whitney’s essay review of Max Müller’s lectures on Darwinism and language (Max Müller 1873 ) in the North American Review ( Whitney 1874 ). The quotation is from G. H. …
To Friedrich Max Müller 5 January 1875
Summary
Has read FMM’s article in Contemporary Review [25 (1875): 305–26].
Never suspected FMM was responsible for the Quarterly Review article ["Primitive man", Q. Rev. 137 (1874): 40–77]; knows it was written by Mivart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1875 |
| Classmark: | John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 89, October 2002) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9802 |
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