From James Paget 29 January 1868
1, Harewood Place, | Hanover Square. | London W.
Jany. 29. 1868
My dear Darwin
I thank you, with all my heart, for sending me your book—1 I shall refresh and teach myself with it whenever I can get a bit of time clear from the day’s work—
I expect to be made even more than I am now ashamed of my ignorance, (and I fear I may add that of my profession too) on the influence of inheritance on the variations and mixtures of disease—2 But I hope that my deeper shame will be the beginning of deeper knowledge—
Let me congratulate you on your son’s great success at Cambridge3 I can hardly imagine a greater happiness for you: and I wish you many years of enjoyment of a career worthy of this first great step—
Always, my dear Darwin, | sincerely your’s | James Paget.
Charles Darwin Esqre.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cambridge University calendar: The Cambridge University calendar. Cambridge: W. Page [and others]. 1796–1950.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks for Variation. Expects to be made more ashamed by his ignorance of the "influence of inheritance on the variations and mixtures of disease".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5812
- From
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Harewood Place, 1
- Source of text
- DAR 174: 7
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5812,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5812.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
