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WCP2010

Letter (WCP2010.1900)

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37 Queen’s Gardens,

Bayswater, London. W.

19 July 1872.

Dear Mr. Wallace,

Thank you for the copy of your address, which I found at the Athenaeum.1 It is gratifying to me to find that your extended knowledge does not lead you to scepticism respecting the speculation of mine which you quote, but rather enables you to cite further facts in justification of it.

Possibly your exposition will lead [2] some of those in whose lines of investigation the question lies to give deliberate attention to it.

Sincerely yours | Herbert Spencer2 [signature]

1
An intellectually elite private members club in London founded in 1824.
2
Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903). British philosopher, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP2010.1900)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-03-25] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2019-12-20] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP2010,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2010