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To Fritz Schultze   14 June [1875]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R. [Abinger Hall, Surrey.]

June 14th

Dear Sir

I am very much obliged for your courteous letter, & for the present of your new work.—2 It is an extraordinary honour to me to have my name coupled in any manner with that of the illustrious Kant, & I hope soon to read what you say about his views of natural selection.3 I am, however, too poor a German scholar to understand any deep metaphysical discussion.

With much respect & my best thanks, I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

P.S | When you see Prof. Häckel, pray give him my kindest remembrances & thanks for his note.—4

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Fritz Schultze, 12 June 1875.
2
See letter from Fritz Schultze, 12 June 1875. Schultze sent a copy of his book Kant und Darwin (Schultze 1875).
3
For Immanuel Kant’s views about selection, see the letter from Ernst Haeckel, 6 June 1875 and n. 2.
4
Haeckel had written to CD about Schultze’s book and also sent a copy (see letter from Ernst Haeckel, 6 June 1875).

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10018,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10018