To W. E. Darwin [9 May 1880]1
Down
Sunday
My dear W.—
Read this note & observe that it is private.2 If you can find out these 2 mean & can anyhow by direct or indirect means, influence them, I hope that you will for the sake of Science & on public grounds.3 Could you venture to call on them if strangers to you.
We have a tremendous party here, which has gone off very pleasantly & St. Andrew has been extremely agreeable, but I am pretty well tired, though less than usual.4
your affect Father | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Forwards John Lubbock’s letter and hopes WED might influence the men "for the sake of science".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12601
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Erasmus Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- 10 MY 80
- Source of text
- DAR 210.6: 157
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12601,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12601.xml