Thanks for book on language [Chapters on language (1865)], which he hopes to read soon if his weak health permits.
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Thanks for book on language [Chapters on language (1865)], which he hopes to read soon if his weak health permits.
Has enjoyed FWF’s volume [Chapters on language]. Had found Max Müller’s theory obscure and weak.
Believes FWF would come to agree with him on species if he studied general questions in natural history. To argue for immutability of species on the basis of geology resembles a wise savage in a nation with no books saying his language has never changed.
Grateful for CD’s approval of Chapters on language.
Is inclined to believe that the races of man were primordially distinct.
Is seeking election to the Royal Society.
Will be pleased to sign FWF’s certificate for the Royal Society if he can send it to CD, who does not have the strength to go to London.
Thanks CD for supporting his application to the Royal Society.
Much obliged for lecture [On some defects in public school education (1867)]. Would leave classics to those with zeal and taste for appreciation. Learned nothing at school except by reading and experimenting in chemistry.
On improving the educational system.
Thanks for copy of Descent.
Thanks for present of FWF’s The witness of history [1871].