To Hyde Clarke [29 December 1877]1
… If you finally succeed in proving that all languages have been developed from a common root, you will indeed have effected a most valuable piece of work …2
Footnotes
The date is given in the sale catalogue; the address is given as ‘Down’.
See letter from Hyde Clarke, 27 December 1877 and n. 1.
Summary
"If you finally succeed in proving that all languages have been developed from a common root, you will indeed have effected a most valuable piece of work."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11295
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Hyde (Hyde) Clarke
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (23–4 February 1959)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11295,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11295.xml
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