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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Ida; Darwin, Horace
Date:
[c. 10 December 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 633
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
No summary available.
Declines to provide testimonial for J. C. Ewart, since he has already done so for Lankester. Was also asked by W. C. M’Intosh.
Thanks for copy of Origin with its flattering inscription.
Hopes some day to have leisure to do original research.
Remarks on the sinking of piles of cannonballs in old forts; presumably a consequence of earthworm activity.