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To A. R. Wallace   28 December 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Dec. 28. 75

My dear Wallace

I am very glad that you will attend, as it seems to me an occasion when every man of Science should help another. You will be able to return at night, as Lankester will be the first man ballotted for.1 I hope you are getting nearly to the end of your work

Yrs very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
CD had asked Wallace to attend a meeting of the Linnean Society on 3 February 1876 in order to support Edwin Ray Lankester’s second attempt to be elected a fellow of the society (see letter to A. R. Wallace, 23 December 1875). Wallace’s letter has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10330,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10330