To G. W. Child [6 May 1868]1
Dear Sir
I doubt whether the enclosed will be of any use, but it is all that I can say; & you can use it or not as you may think fit.2 You had better reflect that a testimonial from so unorthodox person as myself, may be of doubtful benefit.—3
As it seems to me almost ridiculous that I shd give a testimonial in regard to the science of Botany, you must excuse me in asking you not to omit the first paragraph in the accompanying note.–
Pray do not suppose from the brevity of my testimonial, that I shd not have had pleasure in writing more strongly; but every word in a testimonial ought in my opinion to be singularly weighed—
Pray believe me Dear Sir | Yours very truly | C. D
Footnotes
Summary
Encloses a testimonial for GWC [see 6162]. Feels himself poorly qualified to give a testimonial for a botanist and apologises for his brevity.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6163
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Gilbert William Child
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 96: 56
- Physical description
- ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6163,” accessed on 23 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6163.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16