To J. D. Hooker 19 December [1879]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Dec. 19th
My dear Hooker.
I am greatly indebted to you. Your letter is conclusive & I quite agree. I thought only of Wallace’s distress & of his service to Nat. History, & what you say about Spiritualism & especially about the bet, never once crossed my mind.— What a mistake & mess I shd. have made had I not consulted you.— I am, however, very sorry & must write to Miss. B. that I can do nothing.2
Once again I thank you most truly. | Ever yours | Ch. Darwin
P.S. Please thank Dyer for me for seeds— those of the cotton are a treasure to me.3 My work must & shall soon end, otherwise you & Dyer will wish me dead & buried.— Asa Gray has sent me seeds of Megarrhiza, but I doubt whether they are ripe.—4
Footnotes
Summary
JDH convinces CD not to press for pension for Wallace.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12363
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 494–5
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12363,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12363.xml
