To Henry Sidgwick   19 December 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Dec 19th 74.

Dear Sir

It is extremely kind of you to have thought of sending me your work on the Methods of Ethics.1 Before long I hope to find time to read it, for it is subject which interests me deeply.

With very sincere thanks | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

There is a copy of Sidgwick’s Methods of ethics (Sidgwick 1874) in the Darwin Library–Down.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9765F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9765F