From Lawson Tait 25 February 1877
7, Gt. Charles Street, | Birmingham.
Feb 25/77
My Dear Sir,
At page 106 of “Descent of Man” I find a sentence: “as I have so lately endeavoured to shew that the social instincts—the prime principle of man’s moral constitution39.—” & a footnote:
‘The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius, &c p. 139. But I cannot find in any list of books under your name one with that title & I never heard of it1 Can you tell me its full title & where to get it? I am amazed at my ignorance of it!
Yours ever, | Lawson Tait
I am engaged in a short “Kritic of the Individuum” which may interest you & of which I hope to send you a copy in a day or two.2 It is intended as a mite towards evolutionary theosophy.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Aurelius, Marcus. 1862. The thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Translated by George Long. London: George Bell & sons.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Descent: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1871.
Summary
Wants to know how to obtain The thoughts of Marcus Aurelius, mentioned in Descent [1: 106].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10868
- From
- Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Birmingham
- Source of text
- DAR 178: 38
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10868,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10868.xml
