To J. T. Knowles 5 August 1874
Bassett Southampton
Aug—5 1874
Dear Sir
I thank you for your extremely kind note.1 I had only a very faint hope of success, & your reasons are conclusive. I have come here for rest, of which I stand much in need, & dare not undertake any new work. I am also at all times very unwilling to enter on any controversy. Nevertheless I thank you cordially for your offer, which tempts me much, as I have long considered the Contemporary as the highest of our English periodicals.2
Dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
CD understands JTK’s reasons [for not republishing W. D. Whitney’s article]. Cannot undertake to write anything himself; he needs rest and is unwilling to enter into controversy.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9584
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Thomas Knowles
- Sent from
- Bassett Down letterhead
- Source of text
- Wellcome Collection
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9584,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9584.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
