To E. F. Lubbock   [1 October 1866]1

[…] Mr. Herbert Spencer. I will call tomorrow about half past 12. […]

With my sincere thanks, yours truly obliged, Charles Darwin

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 October [1866].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13863,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13863