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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Jacob Moleschott   [2 December 1877]1

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

Dear Sir,

I am much obliged for the honour which you have done me in sending me your “Der Kreislauf des Lebens”.2 I feel the honour the more as your name has been familiar to me for many years.

With much respect | I remain dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

Footnotes

The date is given in the printed source.
CD’s copy of volume 1 of the fifth edition of Der Kreislauf des Lebens (The cycle of life; Moleschott 1877) is in the Darwin Library–Down.

Bibliography

Moleschott, Jacob. 1877. Der Kreislauf des Lebens. Vol. 1. 5th edition. Mainz: V. von Zabern.

Summary

Is obliged to JAWM for the honour done in sending CD his Der Kreislauf des Lebens (1877).

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11267A
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Jacobus Albertus Willebrordus (Jacob) Moleschott
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Laage 1980, p. 106

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11267A,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11267A.xml

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