To William Saville-Kent 28 March [1877]1
March 28th
Private | W. S. Kent Er
Dear Sir
There can be no doubt that the position of an A. & Z. station in Jersey might be of much service to natural science; but without attending more to the subject & learning more details, than the state of my health & opportunities permit, I do not feel justified in expressing any public opinion with respect to your scheme or having my name placed on a Committee when it is quite possible for me [to not] attend.2 You have much better means than I can have of passing a sound judgment, but I have heard that Aquaria, as places of amusement, now that so many have [here been founded], are not likely to answer commercially.— If you form an one for solely scientific purposes, I shall be very, be glad to consider whether I will subscribe to it.— I am sorry that my answer shd be so uncertain & remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully
Footnotes
Summary
Regrets he cannot permit his name to be used to support WSK’s aquarium project. If WSK decides to set up an aquarium solely for scientific purposes he would consider subscribing.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10917
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Saville-Kent
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 70
- Physical description
- ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10917,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10917.xml