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Darwin Correspondence Project

To ?   26 February 1877

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb 26. 77

Dear Sir,

I am very much obliged to you for your kindness in having sent me your new work.1 The subject undoubtedly is a most important & abstruse one; & I hope that I may not find the German too difficult for me to understand

With my best thanks & respect | I remain, dear Sir, | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

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Summary

Acknowledges receipt of a publication from a German author. Hopes that the German will not be too difficult to understand in an "important & abstruse" subject.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-10871A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Unidentified
Sent from
Down
Source of text
eBay (September 2001)
Physical description
LS 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10871A,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10871A.xml

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