To G. R. Jesse 23 April 1881
[Down.]
Ap. 23d. 1881
Private G. Jesse
My Dear Sir
I regret that I cannot comply with your request to permit the publication of my letter.1 Nor can I see that it wd do any good to either of our opposed sides.— I published the letter to Prof. Holmgren, as I thought it rightly or wrongly my duty; but I cannot stand, now that I am old the wear & tear of controversy—2 I have been glad to read the letter in the Lancet, which is creditable to all concerned in it.3 I assure you that the letters sent privately to several physiologists have been more atrocious publications, than I should think any human being was capable of writing; some being written by ladies.— As I said before we must each go on our own course, & hope & believe that the right will in the long run prevail—
I remain | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
CD will not permit publication of his previous letter on vivisection.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13136
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Richard Jesse
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 34
- Physical description
- ADraftS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13136,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13136.xml