To Daniel Sharpe 23 August [1848?]1
Down Farnborough Kent.
Augt 23rd.
My dear Sir.
I must just send one line to thank you for your note. & to say how heartily glad I am that you stick to the Cleavage & Foliation question.— Nothing will ever convince me that it is not a noble subject of investigation, which will lead some day to great views. I think it quite extraordinary how little the subject seems to interest British Geologists— You will I think live to see the importance of your paper recognised. I had always thought that Studer was one of the few Geologists who had taken a correct and enlarged view on the subject.
Dear Sharpe | Yours sincerely, | C. Darwin.
Your specimen shall be returned next week.2
Footnotes
Bibliography
Collected papers: The collected papers of Charles Darwin. Edited by Paul H. Barrett. 2 vols. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. 1977.
Fossil Cirripedia (1854): A monograph of the fossil Balanidæ and Verrucidæ of Great Britain. By Charles Darwin. London: Palaeontographical Society. 1854.
ML: More letters of Charles Darwin: a record of his work in a series of hitherto unpublished letters. Edited by Francis Darwin and Albert Charles Seward. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1903.
Summary
Thanks for note.
Glad DS sticks to cleavage and foliation question. Bernhard Studer one of few to take correct view on subject.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-991
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel Sharpe
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 147: 47
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp & C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 991,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-991.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4