From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
25 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 72)
Summary:
THH’s letter about the Origin makes CD feel like a Catholic who has received extreme unction. Can now sing nunc dimittis. Had determined to abide by judgment of Lyell, Hooker, and THH.
Problem of how variations arise at all troubles him also.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project