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DCP-LETT-12450

From:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield; Richard Buckley Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Feb 1880]
Source of text:
DAR 92: B72–4; B91–4
Summary:

Advise against making any reply to Samuel Butler’s charges.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-12448

From:
Richard Buckley Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Feb 1880
Source of text:
DAR 92: B75–8, 81
Summary:

Has shown S. Butler’s Athenæum letter to Frederick Pollock, who confirms RBL’s advice that it needs no answer. Sends an imaginary response by Butler.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-12453

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Buckley Litchfield
Date:
2 Feb 1880
Source of text:
DAR 146: 56
Summary:

Thanks RBL for advice [concerning dispute with Samuel Butler]. Notes reaction of family.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12456

From:
Richard Buckley Litchfield
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Feb 1880
Source of text:
DAR 92: B79–80
Summary:

Thinks Huxley’s judgment on answering S. Butler’s charges would be trustworthy, though THH is horribly pugnacious and would naturally be for fighting.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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