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To Jacob Moleschott   [2 December 1877]1

Down, | Beckenham Kent | Railway Station Orpington S.E.R.

Dear Sir,

I am much obliged for the honour which you have done me in sending me your “Der Kreislauf des Lebens”.2 I feel the honour the more as your name has been familiar to me for many years.

With much respect | I remain dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

1
The date is given in the printed source.
2
CD’s copy of volume 1 of the fifth edition of Der Kreislauf des Lebens (The cycle of life; Moleschott 1877) is in the Darwin Library–Down.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11267A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11267A