To F. E. E. Wedgwood 19 December [1871]1
6. Q. Anne St
Dec 19th
My dear Fanny
I hope that you will thank Miss Cobbe very much for her kind & liberal offer. Our differences, however, are too fundamental ever to be reconciled. She naturally referred to any little point of detail. I do not know that there are any needing correction; but my brains are too much volatilised in this dreadful London to read the article with care.—2 I have, however read over again a large part & like it much.—
Ever yours | C. Darwin
You can, if you please, take away your copy when you c⟨all⟩
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cobbe, Frances Power. 1871. Darwinism in morals. Theological Review 8: 167–92.
Cobbe, Frances Power. 1872c. Darwinism in morals, and other essays. London: Williams and Norgate.
Descent 2d ed.: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Asks FW to thank F. P. Cobbe for her liberal offer, but the differences [between Descent and Cobbe’s review "Darwinism in morals", Theol. Rev. 33 (1871): 167–92] are too fundamental to be reconciled.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8110
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh/Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (CB 387)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8110,” accessed on 30 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8110.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
