To Ernst Krause 29 January 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Jan. 29th 1881
My dear Sir
I send by this post a copy of Nature with your letter, which has been very well translated by Mr Balfour.—1 The letter seems to me in every way excellent.— It says everything which I wished to be said & not a word which I would wish unsaid. I thank you cordially. I shall now feel easy, & Mr. Butler may abuse me to his heart’s content.2
Yours faithfully & gratefully | Charles Darwin
P.S | You will see a long review of Mr Butler’s book by Mr. Romanes.3 It seems to me very well done, but all my family think that he has used too strong language, & perhaps this is the case.—
Mr Butler’s vanity is a real psychological curiosity.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
Butler, Samuel. 1880. Unconscious memory: a comparison between the theory of Dr. Ewald Hering, … and the ‘Philosophy of the unconscious’ of Dr. Edward von Hartmann. London: David Bogue.
Summary
Sends copy of Nature in which EK’s letter, translated by Balfour, is printed. Thanks him. Now feels easy.
G. J. Romanes’ language in his review of Butler’s book [Unconscious memory] is perhaps too strong. Butler’s vanity is a "real psychological curiosity".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13032
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ernst Ludwig (Ernst) Krause
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 36213)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13032,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13032.xml
