My dear Cousin

It is indeed a long time since we met, & I suppose if we now did so we sh^d. not know one another; but your former image is perfectly clear to me.—¹

With respect to your Essay I feel bound to express my conviction that no good Scientific Journal would publish it.² Science progresses only by the discovery of new facts & direct deductions from them. There have, moreover, been so many attempts to reconcile Genesis & Science, that every editor w^d. look askance at any new attempt.—

The death of your brother, my dear & very old friend, has been a grievous loss to every one who knew him; for I do not believe that there ever existed a man with a sweeter disposition.³

Pray believe me | My dear Cousin | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin