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DCP-LETT-10992

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lewis Henry Morgan
Date:
9 June 1877
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:

Thanks LHM for his Ancient society [1877].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11020

From:
Lewis Henry Morgan
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1877
Source of text:
DAR 171: 241
Summary:

Criticises Herbert Spencer’s Principles of sociology, particularly for its treatment of the family, for its superficiality, and for its dependence on J. F. McLennan’s views on exogamy. Americans are coming to see Spencer’s ideas as too broad.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11044

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lewis Henry Morgan
Date:
9 July [1877]
Source of text:
University of Rochester Libraries, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation
Summary:

CD admires Herbert Spencer’s genius but not his "deductive style" of expression.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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