To James Dwight Dana 15 June [1851]1
Down, Farnborough, Kent,
June 15, 1851.
I thank you much for your note of the 13th of May, and the tracings of the curious Bopyrid.2
Considering how overwhelmed you are with work, I am quite sorry that you should have had this trouble.3 I have always been utterly astonished at the amount of work which you have done, and allow me to add that I have been frightened at it. I do not believe any head can long withstand such work; reflect sometimes how much you will do if you can keep ten years of good health. I know to my cost what ill-health is,—may you never have my experience.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Gilman, Daniel C. 1899. The life of James Dwight Dana. New York and London: Harper and Brothers.
Summary
Thanks for note of 13 May and tracings of the "curious Bopyrid".
Is astonished at amount of work JDD does and frightened it will cause ill-health, such as CD has experienced.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-2107
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Dwight Dana
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Gilman 1899, p. 310
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 2107,” accessed on 28 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-2107.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7 (Supplement)