Congratulates WW on his planned marriage to Lady Affleck. Forwards some letters from Edward Sabine.
Congratulates WW on his planned marriage to Lady Affleck. Forwards some letters from Edward Sabine.
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Thanks for hive.
Has started [writing up] pigeons and hopes to have finished with them in a week or two.
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Etty [Henrietta Darwin] very ill with diphtheria.
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Will JH add his signature to the slip to add to the memorial to prevent the Natural History collections being removed from the British Museum.
Gives his opinion of the charges against E. W. Lane.
Extremely sorry for trouble he has given about his signature.
One child dangerously ill with diphtheria, another with much fever.
Compares in regard to the awarding of the R.S.L.'s Copley medal the contributions of three scientists: Friedrich Wöhler, Wilhelm Weber, and [illegible].
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Prospects for making magnetic and meteorological observations at Peking, which is more desirable than Shanghai or Hong Kong. Hopes for popular review of subject in Quarterly [Review].
Regarding a possible successor to U. J. J. Leverrier at the Paris Observatory.
Everything in Wallace’s sketch also appears in CD’s sketch of 1844. A year ago CD sent a short sketch of his views to Asa Gray. Can CD honourably publish his sketch now that Wallace has sent outline of his views? "I would far rather burn my whole book than that he or any man shd. think that I had behaved in a paltry spirit." Does not believe Wallace originated his views from anything CD wrote to him.
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