To A. G. Butler 9 May 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 9th 77
My dear Sir
I have been always inclined to think that sparrows were acute & crafty birds, but you certainly show that they are fools, & if they go on behaving in so ideotic a manner, you will do quite right to expose their conduct in some public Journal!—1
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
"I have always been inclined to think that sparrows were acute & crafty birds, but you certainly show that they are Fools, & if they go on behaving in so idiotic a manner, you will do quite right to expose their conduct in some public Journal!--"
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10957
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Arthur Gardiner Butler
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 67)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10957,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10957.xml
