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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
Date:
13 Jan 1880
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

The honour RLT proposes [Darwin Festival] is a great one, "but would it not be better to wait until I am in my grave?"

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
Date:
13 Feb 1880
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

CD thanks RLT for his two notes, a newspaper article, and a copy of RLT’s address honouring him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
Date:
19 July 1880
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Sends £25 for the Birmingham Philosophical Society scientific fund.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
Date:
13 Feb 1882
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Thanks for the birthday greetings.

"I feel a very old man and my course is nearly run."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project