To G. J. Romanes [before 26 April 1876]1
From Mr. C. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.
I have not yet read your letter, but may I show it to George, who comes here to night, & to my other sons? I will tell them, if you like, not to speak about it, but a secret cannot never be thus well kept owing to forgetfulness.2 Send me a card.—
C. D.
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to G. J. Romanes, 26 April [1876]. The postcard has no postmark.
George Howard Darwin. CD’s other sons were William Erasmus, Francis, Leonard, and Horace. The secret was probably Romanes’s fear of public speaking; see letter to G. J. Romanes, 29 April [1876].
Summary
Asks to show GJR’s letter to George Darwin and other sons. A secret cannot be well kept.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13838
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.624)
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13838,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13838.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24
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