From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Fiske
Date:
8 Dec [1874]
Source of text:
The Huntington Library (FK 1110–1112)
Summary:
Praises JF’s book [Cosmic philosophy (1874)].
Has long wished to understand H. Spencer but is not convinced by him and some others. CD cannot trust deduction from a starting principle, as his mind is so fixed by the inductive method.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project