To W. R. Greg 21 March [1860?]1
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[Darwin refers to remarks made by his correspondent on the subject of On the Origin of Species.2 He writes: ‘I am very glad indeed to read remarks made of a man who possesses such varied and odd knowledge’.3 Darwin continues his letter with discussion of a manuscript on proportions of the sexes at birth that W. R. Greg has sent along for review4 but returns to commentary of On the Origins of Species. He notes his own ‘remarks on mankind are superficial, and given merely as some sort of standard for comparison with the lower animals’. He closes his letter remarking, ‘I am quite delighted that my book interests you enough to lead you to read it with such care […]’]
Footnotes
Summary
Is glad to read Greg’s remarks on Origin. Discusses MS Greg has sent for review on proportion of sexes at birth.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2732F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Rathbone Greg
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (December 1996)
- Physical description
- ALS 6pp inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2732F,” accessed on 25 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2732F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)