To G. H. Darwin 13 October [1875]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Oct 13th
My dear George
Stanley Jevon’s letter has pleased me more than anything which I have read for many a long day.— Please say to Dr. J. that I am very much obliged for information & have ordered Dr [Cohens’s] book, so will give him no further trouble.—2 I think on the whole you you had better say nothing about profit— if there shd. be any, you might then say it was the Translator’s due.—3
I am very sorry to hear about sickness.— I am convinced that the craving for something tasting strong will wear away.— I do not in the least fear that if there is anything to be made out by your method with respect to viscous fluids, you will succeed— such energy as yours almost always succeeds.—4 Look at the success of your cousin papers, for these certainly have been highly successful.5
Yours affect | ⟨C. Darwin⟩
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cohn, Gustav. 1874–83. Untersuchungen über die englische Eisenbahnpolitik. 3 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot.
Summary
Pleased by W. Stanley Jevons’ letter.
Has ordered Dr Cohn’s book.
Is sure that GHD’s energy will lead to success with work on viscous fluids.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10196
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 48
- Physical description
- AL 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10196,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10196.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23