To F. C. Donders 19 May 1870
Down. Beckenham. Kent. | S.E.
May 19th. 1870.
My dear Sir
You have my heartfelt sympathy. If I had lived in London, I should no doubt have heard of your great calamity.1 I once lost a dear & good girl, & know what a dreadful grief it is; but then I had other children left to love.—2 Your loss is irreparable, & I feel deeply for you.
It is most kind in you to take at present trouble for me in scientific matters. I shall be very grateful for the translation of your paper & your letter whenever they may arrive: for I feel an exaggerated degree of interest in the subject of expression.—
With the kindest sympathy & respect, believe me | my dear Sir | yours sincerely | Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Expresses sympathy [on death of FCD’s daughter].
Will be grateful for his paper and letter.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7194
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frans Cornelis (Franciscus Cornelius) Donders
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- C 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7194,” accessed on 29 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7194.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
