From A. R. Wallace 16 July 1871
Holly House, Barking, E.
July 16th. 1871
Dear Darwin
I am very sorry you are so unwell, & that you allow criticisms to worry you so.1 Remember the noble army of converts you have made!, & the hosts of the most talented men living who support you wholly. What do you think of putting C. Wright’s article as an Appendix to new Ed. of Origin?2 That would get it read, & obviate my chief objection that the people who read Mivart & the Origin, will very few of them buy a separate pamphlet to read. Pamphlets are such nuisances. I don’t think Mivart could have written the “Quarterly” article,—but I will look at it & shall I think be able to tell.3
Pray keep your spirits up, I am so distracted by Building troubles that I can write nothing, & shall not, till I get settled in my new house some time next Spring I hope.4
With best wishes | Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace
Charles Darwin Esq.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Raby, Peter. 2001. Alfred Russel Wallace: a life. London: Chatto & Windus.
Summary
Sorry CD allows criticisms of Darwinism to worry him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7868
- From
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Barking
- Source of text
- DAR 106: B107–8
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7868,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7868.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19