330 THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' [i860. 



here, but I have not been able to lay hands on it since this 

 letter reached me two days ago. When I find it I will let you 

 know what there is in it. 



Ever yours faithfully, 



T. H. HUXLEY. 



C. Darzvin to T. H. Huxley. 



Down, August 8 [1860]. 



MY DEAR HUXLEY Your note contained magnificent 

 news, and thank you heartily for sending it me. Von 

 Baer weighs down with a vengeance all the virulence of [the 

 ' Edinburgh ' reviewer] and weak arguments of Agassiz. If 

 you write to Von Baer, for heaven's sake tell him that we 

 should think one nod of approbation on our side, of the 

 greatest value ; and if he does write anything, beg him to 

 send us a copy, for I would try and get it translated and 

 published in the Atkenseum and in ' Silliman ' to touch up 



Agassiz Have you seen Agassiz's weak metaphysical 



and theological attack on the ' Origin ' in the last ' Silliman ' ?* 

 I would send it you, but apprehend it would be less trouble 

 for you to look at it in London than return it to me. R. 

 Wagner has sent me a German pamphlet, f giving an abstract 

 of Agassiz's ' Essay on Classification,' " mit Rucksicht auf 

 Darwins Ansichten," &c. &c. He won't go very " dangerous 

 lengths," but thinks the truth lies half-way between Agassiz 

 and the 'Origin.' As he goes thus far he will, nolens 



* The ' American Journal of for life tends to something beyond 



Science and Arts' (commonly called favouring the existence of certain 



' Silliman's Journal'), July 1860. individuals over that of other indi- 



Printed from advanced sheets of viduals, they will soon find that 



vol. iii. of ' Contributions to the they are following a shadow/' 



Nat. Hist, of the U. S.' My father's f ' Louis Agassiz's Prinzipien der 



copy has a pencilled " Truly " Classification, &c., mit Rucksicht 



opposite the following passage: auf Darwins Ansichten. Separat- 



" Unless Darwin and his followers Abdruck aus den Gottingischeii 



succeed in showing that the struggle gelehrten Anzeigen,' 1860. 



