From:
John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Dec 1879
Source of text:
DAR 171: 278
Summary:
At CD’s request he has read Malcolm Guthrie’s book [On Mr Spencer’s formula of evolution (1879)], which is a critique of First principles. He finds it a helpful clarification of Spencer’s views; however, it is as pseudo-scientific as the book it criticises.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
