To Ernst Krause 14 May 1879
The transcript of this letter is not yet available online.
Summary
Assures EK that he will not change his mind about publishing a translation of EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. It is unfortunate that Samuel Butler should have published [Evolution, old and new] just then, but that does not change CD’s determination.
Butler is clever, but knows no science. His views that cells have memory and the power of wishing – even if correct – cannot explain how they could change themselves chemically or structurally.
EK can do anything he likes with CD’s preface [to Erasmus Darwin].
Summary
Assures EK that he will not change his mind about publishing a translation of EK’s article on Erasmus Darwin. It is unfortunate that Samuel Butler should have published [Evolution, old and new] just then, but that does not change CD’s determination.
Butler is clever, but knows no science. His views that cells have memory and the power of wishing – even if correct – cannot explain how they could change themselves chemically or structurally.
EK can do anything he likes with CD’s preface [to Erasmus Darwin].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12052
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Bassett
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36184)
- Physical description
- 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12052,” accessed on 13 April 2021, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-12052.xml
