To George Harris 12 February 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb 12— 1874

Dear Sir

I am much obliged for your extremely kind letter.¹ I have read the proof sheets, but have no criticisms worth sending.² I am however not sure that I fully agree with you on all points. On so obscure a subject as the distinction between actions performed through instinct, habit & intellect, I suppose that hardly two men would fully agree.

With my best wishes that your new work may be in every way successful I remain dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

See letter from George Harris, 10 February 1874.

Harris had sent CD proof-sheets of his book A philosophical treatise on the nature and constitution of man (Harris 1876).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9284,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9284

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Has read GH’s proofs and, although not entirely in agreement, has no criticisms worth sending.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-9284
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: George Harris
Date: 12 Feb 1874
Sent from: Down
Source of text: University of California Los Angeles, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division (Ms. 10, Letters concerning George Harris’s A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man)
Physical description: 2pp

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22.

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