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From E. A. Darwin   13 December [1878]1

13 Dec

Dear Charles

I was very glad to hear the interesting bit of good luck that has befallen you. Really Antony Rich deserves well of his country for encouraging science in such a very practical manner2   Pitt—Dizzy & yourself are the only people I recollect to whom fortunes have been left on purely public grounds.3 I wish there had been another 0 for the look of the thing, tho’ I believe Emma thinks you are too rich already. We know better than that. Yours affec. | EAD

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to E. A. Darwin, 12 December 1878.
2
See letter to E. A. Darwin, 12 December 1878 and n. 1. Anthony Rich had bequeathed his property in the City of London to CD.
3
William Pitt (the elder) had received a legacy from Francesco Algarotti (ODNB s.v. Algarotti, Francesco). Benjamin Disraeli received a large bequest from Sarah Brydges Willyams (ODNB s.v. Willyams, Sarah Brydges).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11790,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11790