To ?   2 May [1869 or later]¹

Summary

"When a man has laboured hard in science & has proved that he is capable of original research, he may [some]times indulge in speculation [&] the public will indulge him. But even in this case it is a common error to speculate too largely, for speculation is far easier than observation or experiments . . ."

Letter details

Record number

DCP-LETT-13866A

From

Charles Robert Darwin

To

Unidentified

Date

2 May 1869

Date

2 May 1870

Date

2 May 1871

Date

2 May 1872

Date

2 May 1873

Date

2 May 1874

Date

2 May 1875

Date

2 May 1876

Date

2 May 1877

Date

2 May 1878

Date

2 May 1879

Date

2 May 1880

Date

2 May 1881

Date

2 May 1882

Source of text

Sotheby’s (dealers) (28 March 1983)

Contributor

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30-Supplement.