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To G. J. Romanes   28 July [1874]1

Abinger Hall | Wotton Surrey (Post Town) | (Gomshall Station) S.E.R.

⁠⟨⁠J⁠⟩⁠uly 28th

Dear Sir

I write one line to acknowledge & thank you for the letters.—2

I have so poor a metaphysical head that Mr Spencer’s terms of equilibration &c always bother me & make everything less clear3

yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. J. Romanes, 24 July 1874.
3
See letter from G. J. Romanes, 10 July 1874 and n. 5. Spencer had substituted the terms direct and indirect equilibration for adaptation and natural selection.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9569,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9569