From H. E. Darwin to G. H. Darwin [summer 1866]

Dear George

Papa says with his love that he strongly advises you for these 7 weeks when you are in really hard work to go to bed early & give up cruising from $\frac{1}{2}$ past 11 upwards, that he is quite sure that, not to say that it is a fact that any body can work much better on plenty of sleep, not to say that you in hard work ought to have more sleep than I in idleness, or than you wd find do at other times, so this is his last will & testament that you'll be a wise boy if you follow his advice. Also tho' this is taking time by the forelock in truth, Papa says when you come away at Easter After Exam, (& before you know the result?) tell somebody up in Cambridge to telegraph it to you here if you'll know it any quicker that way. The nearer you are to winning it the more exciting does it become.

yours ever | Dear George | H.E.D.