To William Ogle 17 January 1882
Summary
Thanks WO for gift of his translation [Aristotle’s De partibus animalium]. Suspects the introduction would interest him more than the text "notwithstanding that he [Aristotle] was such a wonderful old fellow".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 17 Jan 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 18 (EH 88205916) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13622 |
To William Ogle 22 February 1882
Summary
Has rarely read anything more interesting than WO’s introduction to his Aristotle translation. Had no notion what a wonderful man Aristotle was. Linnaeus and Cuvier were mere schoolboys compared to him. His ignorance on some points, as on muscles and the means of movement, is curious.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Ogle |
Date: | 22 Feb 1882 |
Classmark: | DAR 261.5: 19 (EH 88205917) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13697 |