WCP4115

Letter (WCP4115.4132)

[1]

The Dell, Grays, Essex

Nov 13th. 1875

Dear Mr. Spencer1

I suppose you refer to my article in the "Reader" of June 17th 1875. The latter half of the article from the middle of the 2nd Col[umn] refers to the mode of treating savages.

If you have not looked at it I would recommend you to read the "Life of Bishop Patterson",— which contains some wonderful accounts of the great change induced in savages by being with civilized and educated men, who treated [2] them on a footing of perfect equality.

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Herbert Spencer Esq.

P.S. I was in hopes you would give us a criticism of the "Report of the Science Commission."— which so grossly [one word illegible] the principle of "limitation of state functions".—

A.R.W. [signature]

1
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 — 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, sociologist and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. He is famous for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest", as he attributed natural selection to aspects of modern society.

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Transcribed by Campbell, John [2012-08-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP4115,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4115