From J. D. Hooker 7 April 1875
Kew
April 7/75
Dear Darwin
I like all the enclosed—but might you not add “& the lower animals” where I have pencilled at the very end1
Ever aff yrs | Jos D Hooker
Footnotes
Hooker refers to a draft petition to regulate vivisection (see letter from T. H. Huxley, [4 April 1875] and n. 2).
Summary
Likes draft of petition on vivisection. Asks whether phrase "and the lower animals" might not be added at end.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9917
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 104: 22
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9917,” accessed on 19 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9917.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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