To John Tyndall 8 April [1873]1
16 Montague St | Montague Sq | W
Ap 8
Private
My dear Tyndall
After you left I thought of the extreme interest & kindness which Spottiswoode showed on our subject, & it appeared to me proper that I should write to him which I have done, and I mention it to you to save your taking the trouble.2 As he would have known if present what was done I gave him an outline of our decision & thought it fair to tell him what had been subscribed. I presume he will communicate directly with Lubbock.3 As you will naturally desire to know how the subscription stands I may mention that my brother4 will give £100 and that I have changed mine to £300 These will be despatched tomorrow.
I really think we have done a good days work and I remain, yours most cordially | Ch. Darwin
Our meeting this morning will give me a higher opinion of human nature for the rest of my life than I ever had before, though I am not one of those who think lowly of mankind.
Footnotes
Summary
CD will write to William Spottiswoode about the fund for Huxley. CD is raising his subscription to £300. "We have done a good day’s work … [it] gives me a higher opinion of human nature than I had before, though I am not one of those who think lowly of mankind."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8850
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Tyndall
- Sent from
- London, Montague St, 16
- Source of text
- DAR 261.8: 13 (EH 88205951)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8850,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8850.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21