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DCP-LETT-2515

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Has asked his publisher to send a copy of Origin. Fears it will be "an abomination" in RO’s eyes. Urges him to read it straight through, as it is a condensed abstract and will otherwise be unintelligible.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2525

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (13 December 2018, lot 235)
Summary:

Has told Murray to send AS a copy of Origin. CD’s conclusion is diametrically opposed to that which AS has often advocated, but he assures AS he does not send his book out of a spirit of bravado.

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