From G. H. Lewes 12 November 1868
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
12 Novr 1868
My dear Mr Darwin
It was a serious disappointment to me to find on my return home last night that you should have chosen the Sunday we were away for giving me that opportunity I have long desired but could not hope for of seeing you in the flesh.1 Are you still in town—or likely to be—& may I call on you some day? I promise to be very moderate in my indulgence, knowing that your health does not permit of social excitement. But to see you for half an hour will suffice for Memory, and as the best part of our existence is subjective “One crowded hour of glorious life *NL Is worth an age without a name.”2 *NL
I presume you have seen Weismann’s Inaugural address?—3 (if not I will post it to you). Haeckel has just sent me his new work.4
Faithfully Yours | G. H. Lewes
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Weismann, August. 1868. Über die Berechtigung der Darwin’schen Theorie: ein akademischer Vortrag gehalten am 8 Juli 1868 in der Aula der Universität zu Freiburg im Breisgau. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.
Summary
Disappointed that he missed CD. Hopes still to see him in the flesh.
Has CD seen August Weismann’s inaugural address [see 6297]?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6458
- From
- George Henry Lewes
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Regents Park
- Source of text
- DAR 106: D11–12
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6458,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6458.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16
