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To W. E. Gladstone   7 January 1881

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

Jan 7th. 1881

My dear Sir

Your note just received has given me an extraordinary amount of pleasure, for I was much grieved that Mr. Wallace should be so hard worked in his declining years & with failing health.1 Your giving me this good news in your own hand-writing has been one of the kindest actions which I have experienced in my life.

I remain with great respect | My dear Sir | Yours gratefully | Charles Darwin

1
See letter from W. E. Gladstone, 6 January 1881. Gladstone had recommended Alfred Russel Wallace for a civil list pension.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12987,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12987