To ? 8 January [1872]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Jan. 8th
Sir
I am obliged by your letter of Jan. 6th.— But I do not desire to join the movement to which you allude, because I have not sufficiently considered the subject, & therefore am not willing to take any side.—2
I have the honour to remain | Sir | Your obet. servt | Ch. Darwin
Summary
Declines to join movement; has not sufficiently considered subject.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8150
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.405)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8150,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8150.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
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