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Darwin Correspondence Project

From J. P. Thompson   20 December 1875

Berlin | Schönebergen Ufer 28.

Dec 20th. 1875

Dear Sir.

May I ask the favor of your acceptance of the accompanying address on Lucretius and Paul?1 Without assuming to be either a scientific or a theological treatise, it is put forth in the hope that the comparison of two such Leaders of Thought may have points of interest both for men of Science and men of Religion.

Very respectfully Yours | Jos. P. Thompson

Footnotes

Thompson refers to Lucretius and St Paul; his address ‘Lucretius or Paul, materialism and theism tested by the nature and needs of man’ had been delivered at the American Chapel in Berlin on 25 November 1875 (Thompson 1875). CD’s copy has not been found.

Bibliography

Thompson, Joseph Parrish. 1875. Lucretius or Paul: materialism and theism tested by the nature and needs of man. Berlin: A. Asher and Co.

Summary

Sends CD an address [missing] on Lucretius and St Paul.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10312
From
Joseph Parrish Thompson
To
Charles Robert Darwin
Sent from
Berlin
Source of text
DAR 178: 111
Physical description
L 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10312,” accessed on 1 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10312.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23

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