From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
François Jules Pictet de la Rive
Date:
1 Apr [1860]
Source of text:
Bibliothèque de Genève (MS. fr. 1651, ff. 10–11)
Summary:
Thanks FJP for his review which CD has received and read. There have been many reviews in England opposed to CD but FJP’s is "the single one which seems … perfectly fair & just & candid". The only difference between them is that CD "attaches much more weight to the explanation of facts, & somewhat less weight to the difficulties" than FJP. "I always jump at any theory which groups & explains facts".
Would be proud to send FJP a copy of his Journal of researches.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project