From T. H. Huxley   1 June 1865

Museum of Practical Geology

June 1 | 1865

My dear Darwin

Your M.S reached me safely last evening—1

I could not refrain from glancing over it on the spot and I perceive I shall have to put on my sharpest spectacles & best considering cap—

I shall not write till I have thought well on the whole subject2

Ever Yours | T H Huxley

1
Huxley refers to CD’s manuscript of the section on pangenesis for Variation (see letter to T. H. Huxley, 27 May [1865] and n. 4).
2
No letter from Huxley commenting on CD’s manuscript has been found, but see the letter to T. H. Huxley, 12 July [1865], for CD’s response to Huxley’s critique.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4845,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4845