To ? 2 May [1869 or later]1
Beckenham
May 2
[discouraging the publication of ill-advised speculations]
[…] When a man has laboured hard in science & has proved that he is capable of original research, he may [some]times indulge in speculation [&] the public will indulge him. But even in this case it is a common error to speculate too largely, for speculation is far easier than observation or experiments […]
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Summary
"When a man has laboured hard in science & has proved that he is capable of original research, he may [some]times indulge in speculation [&] the public will indulge him. But even in this case it is a common error to speculate too largely, for speculation is far easier than observation or experiments . . ."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13866A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983)
- Physical description
- inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13866A,” accessed on
