From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
3 Oct [1857]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 139)
Summary:
Thinks naturalists look for something further than Cuvier’s view of classification. Poses a theoretical problem on the classification of the races of man to prove that a genealogical system is best.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project