To Herbert Spencer [after 22 September 1881]1
[Down.]
My dear Mr Spencer,
Although I agree wholly or almost wholly with the object of your league, yet I do not like joining such a body, until seeing how it works, more especially as I could never attend its meetings, & shd never be able to converse with any of its members.2
I do not feel that I have knowledge sufficient to form a good judgment on any political subjects.
I remain, my dear Mr Spencer | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Herbert Spencer, 22 September 1881.
Spencer had asked CD to join his Anti-Aggression League (see letter from Herbert Spencer, 22 September 1881 and n. 2).
Summary
Although he agrees with the object of HS’s league he will not join until he has seen how it works.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13352
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Herbert Spencer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 122v
- Physical description
- ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13352,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13352.xml
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