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From:
Darwin, G. H.
To:
Darwin, Leonard
Date:
29 October 1872
Source of text:
DAR 258: 800
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
No summary available.
Much obliged for GHK and MHC’s General glaciation [of Iar-Connaught (1872)].
Sends Mrs Barber’s address.
Gratified that CD hates Owen. Hopes Owen will not answer Nature letter and draw JDH into controversy. Owen’s letter was not intended for Ayrton to use. Its appearance must have horrified him.
State of Huxley’s health makes JDH uneasy.
Willy is in a stockbroker’s office in London and likes it.
Has finished Expression.
His strength fails more and more; needs to rest every six weeks or so.