From J. D. Hooker 8 November 1872
Kew
Nov 8/72
P.S.
Dear Darwin
Oliver, Bentham, Bates & others, urge me not to answer Owen; on the grounds that I should feel such an attack to be beneath my notice—1 I have written to Huxley2 for his advice, informing him that I have not read the article.
Some think that “Nature” owes me an apology for inserting it considering the terms of the Treasury minutes, which calls me worthy of the gratitude of the country.—& more especially as ‘Nature” was the only paper, except the Athenæum, which never expound my cause in the fight with—Ayrton—abstaining altogether from an opinion,—or all but: & that hence if I insist on answering, it should not be in “Nature”.3
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Summary
Writes, as a P.S. to his previous letter, stating his friends have advised him not to answer Owen’s attack.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8610
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 103: 133–4
- Physical description
- inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8610,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8610.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
