From ?   [16 February 1875]

The learned Darwin states that Moses taught confusion For Man, he boldly says, descends from Ape or Monkey— I, having read his book, am come to this conclusion Darwin (at least himself) descends from Ass or Donkey

CD annotations

Verso of letter: ‘An anonymous compliment | received Feb 16th 1875.—’ ink

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9858,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9858