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From Arthur de Souza Corrêa   23 October 1880

Brazilian Legation. | London

23d October 1880

Sir,

I have to express my own gratification and by anticipation the thanks of the Baron de Villa Franca for the gracious and instructive manner in which you have replied to the advances I made to you in some apprehension that it might be troubling and disturbing you.1 But it is one of the advantages of science I find in you to at once welcome strangers as to teach mankind.

I will forward your precious letter to the Baron de Villa Franca, and it will no doubt urge him to fresch efforts to add to that collection of facts which it is for you to generalise.2

I have the honor to be with profound respect | Your faithful Servant | A. de Souza Corrêa.

Charles Darwin Esqre. F.R.S.

1
The memorial of Ignacio Francisco Silveira da Motta, baron de Vila Franca, on the culture and propagation of sugar cane had been sent to CD for comment (see letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 October 1880).
2
CD’s letter has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12772,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12772