From W. T. Winn 16 May 1879
Law Office of W. T. and W. J. Winn, | Marietta, Ga., | U.S.A.
May 16th 1879
Mr. Charles Darwin:
Allow me to greet you, as a prophet of the understanding, and send you a cliping from the “Field and Fireside”, published here.1 It is gratifying to a great mind to know that its work is appreciated. Your name will go sounding down the ages, despite the ridicule and denunciation with which you have been assailed.
Respectfully | W. T. Winn
[Enclosure]
Taken from a Lady’s Album.
Charles Darwin has given us a true interpretation of nature, beautiful and new.
Robert J. Ingersoll has applied it truthfully to man, with force and elegance.2
Byron,3 king of poets and monarch of thought, was true to nature and man.
Benevolent and brilliant Byron!
Ecce Homo!!4
Footnotes
Summary
Sends newspaper cutting referring to CD.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12056
- From
- William Thomas Winn
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Marietta, Ga.
- Source of text
- DAR 181: 131
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12056,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12056.xml