From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
9 July [1869]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 271)
Summary:
Haeckel wants British specimens of calcareous sponges. Can THH tell him to whom he can apply?
Health not improving – cannot climb even a hill.
Has heard THH’s article on Comte ["Scientific aspects of Positivism", Lay sermons (1870)] is a splendid success.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project