From Nicolai Mengden 2 April 1879
Summary
NvM is 17 years old. Confused by reading CD’s works and Ernst Haeckel’s Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte [1868]. Can a believer in CD’s theory believe in God?
Author: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 2 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 151 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11971 |
From Nicolai Mengden 3 June 1879
Summary
Thanks for reply to query. Asked E. Haeckel same question and his answer agreed with CD’s. Haeckel disbelieves in the supernatural. What does CD think?
Author: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 3 June 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 171: 152 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12079 |
To Nicolai Mengden 5 June 1879
Summary
NvM’s questions cannot be answered fully. "Science has nothing to do with Christ, except in so far as the habit of scientific research makes a man cautious in admitting evidence. For myself, I do not believe that there has ever been any Revelation."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
Date: | 5 June 1879 |
Classmark: | David W. Bowerman (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12088 |
From Emma Darwin to Nicolai Mengden 8 April 1879
Summary
Answers NAvM’s letter for CD. CD considers evolution is quite consistent with belief in God, but NvM must remember people mean different things by God.
Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
Addressee: | Nicolai Mengden, Baron von Mengden |
Date: | 8 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | Dr Mirko Majer (private collection) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11981 |
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Mengden, Nicolai | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Mengden, Nicolai | (2) |
Mengden, Nicolai | (4) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Darwin, Emma | (1) |
Wedgwood, Emma | (1) |
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