From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arabella Burton Buckley
Date:
23 Feb 1875
Source of text:
DAR 143: 178
Summary:
Expresses his feelings following the death of Charles Lyell.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Expresses his feelings following the death of Charles Lyell.
Thinks he has observed the origin of the shake of the head as signifying "no" in his seven-month-old son.
Mourns death of Lyell. Wonders whether enough men of science were attached to him to raise a fitting testimonial.