To John Lubbock 21 December [1864]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Dec 21
My dear Lubbock
The magnificence of all the first & last part of the President’s address quite obliterated the little he said about the Origin.2 I believe I am protected by an invulnerable shield of self-conceit, so did not care what he said, & I know how many good men there are who believe in Nat. Selection. I heard all about Huxley attacking the Pres. & it was just like him to defend an absent friend; but I suppose his real motive was to blame the Pres. for modifying in ever so little a degree the Council’s award & in this I shd think he did good service.3
I hope your book is getting on pretty well;4 as for myself I have lately lost a good many days by being unwell.
yours affectionately | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
The Copley medal. Sabine’s Presidential Address and Huxley’s response.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4721
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 263: 60 (EH 88206504)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4721,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4721.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
