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DCP-LETT-8

From:
John Wood Warter
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Dec 1824
Source of text:
DAR 204: 188
Summary:

Warns CD against idleness.

Suggests readings in Xenophon and Horace.

Quotes Oliver Goldsmith to correct CD’s pronunciation of "sloth".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel10334

From:
William Richard Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 December 1824]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.217
Summary:

Hopes to see him next spring, in England. Teodoro Monticelli often inquires after him. The steam boat goes on with great success. Small earthquake at Messina. Has toured the crater of Vesuvius. No news of Turks or Christians.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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