To Leonard Jenyns 13 November [1859]
Summary
Invites criticisms of his book [Origin] which is "only an abstract & very much condensed". Knows LJ will not agree with the lengths to which CD goes. It took long years to convert CD, but he cannot persuade himself "that a theory which explains … several large classes of facts, can be wholly wrong".
Hopes to publish his full MS if he ever gets strong enough.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Date: | 13 Nov [1859] |
Classmark: | Scriptorium (dealers) (1981) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2528 |
DCP-LETT-2530
Summary
Cancelled: same as 2528. Invites criticisms of his book [Origin] which is "only an abstract & very much condensed". Knows LJ will not agree with the lengths to which CD goes. It took long years to convert CD, but he cannot persuade himself "that a theory which explains … several large classes of facts, can be wholly wrong".
Hopes to publish his full MS if he ever gets strong enough.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
Date: | 13 Nov [1859] |
Classmark: | LL 2: 219 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2530 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Blomefield, Leonard | (2) |
Jenyns, Leonard | (2) |
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Darwin, C. R. | |
Jenyns, Leonard | (2) |