Thanks TD for catalogue of his Cretacean fossils.
Regrets he cannot visit Brighton.
Thanks TD for catalogue of his Cretacean fossils.
Regrets he cannot visit Brighton.
Thinks the Huxley fund should be done. Difficulty will be getting him to accept it.
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Sends his 6th volume.
Observations on her pet pug.
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Discusses the arrangements being made to present a gift to Huxley [see 8872].
William Spottiswoode was not at home, but JT sought out Herbert Spencer. Spencer will come with JT to see CD [about the Huxley fund].
CD will write to William Spottiswoode about the fund for Huxley. CD is raising his subscription to £300. "We have done a good day’s work … [it] gives me a higher opinion of human nature than I had before, though I am not one of those who think lowly of mankind."
Hopes that Charles Lyell has enjoyed his excursion.
Is convinced that the "brotherly spirit of the transaction" will cause Huxley not to raise objections.
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W. G. Armstrong and T. H. Farrer have both contributed [to the Huxley fund].
George Henslow is worse. All plans to go abroad have been given up. James Paget’s diagnoses enclosed.
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Sends JT the list and amounts subscribed for Huxley. It will probably amount to £1800. He will write to Huxley and use every argument he can to make him accept.
CD did not bring any tortoises back from the Galapagos. There may be specimens at the Military Institution in Whitehall.
Sorry AG was unable to lunch with the Darwins during their stay in London.
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