British general (1833-1885) who, in 1860, crushed the Taiping Rebellion in China, earning the nickname 'Chinese.' ALS signed “C. G. Gordon,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 7, February 18, 1882. Fascinating handwritten letter touching upon theological themes, in part: "Thanks very much for your kindness in translating the paper…I like Huxley's & others like him, in their conversations they never are dogmatic, and they always look for results. I go on this principle, that there is something in us, that is Divine. I have worked up what an animal consists of, and, in what way, man differs from them, and have come to the conclusion that if the difference is…God, or the Supreme Bring, living in man, and not in the animal. I have got this far, viz men and animals are alike in having a will…but man has this much more that he has God in him. Animals are comparatively happy, man is not so, because of the contrast in him, between God & his animal part. Animals have no memory to speak of, no conscience, no understanding, these then I think constitute the soul of man which animals lack, and which is of God's essence." In fine condition, with a rusty paperclip impression to the top.
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