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To W. D. Fox   [12 February 1859]

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Undergoing hydropathic treatment for his old ailment.

The "Abstract" [Origin] is the cause. Only two chapters to do.

His satisfaction that he believes he has convinced Hooker and Huxley and staggered Lyell.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  [12 Feb 1859]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 106)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2412

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  • Lane in 1858, relating to his alleged adultery (see letters to W.  D. Fox, 24 June [1858] and 27 June [1858] ). Lane took over Sudbrook Park in Richmond, Surrey, in 1860 ( Metcalfe 1906 , p.  56). Charlotte Langton was Emma Darwin’s sister. She and her husband Charles lived at Hartfield Lodge, Hartfield, Sussex. Henrietta Emma Darwin had been ill for much of January ( Emma Darwin’s diary). See letter to W.  E. …
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