To Briton Riviere 4 April 1872
Down, Beckenham, Kent
April 4, 1872
Dear Sir
I thank you most sincerely for your kindness. You must not think of trying until you feel some inclination and strength for the task. I have written to Mr. Cooper (188 Strand) to send you the blocks.1
My dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
P.S. I may as well add my address for parcels viz. C. Darwin Esq. | Orpington Station | South Eastern Railway
Footnotes
See letter from Briton Riviere, 3 April 1872. CD refers to James Davis Cooper.
Summary
Thanks for kindness. BR must not think of trying until he feels inclination and strength for task.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8274
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Briton Riviere
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 147: 319
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8274,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8274.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20
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