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From Frithiof Holmgren   26 May 1881

Upsala

26 Mai 1881

Dear Sir

Your last kind letter with the photograf made me a very happy surprise.1 I thank you most heartily for them both. The will be kept as dear memory of a man, who did not feel too grand on his own point of scientific eminence to strech his hand to a more humble workman in the same service.2

Your distinguished kindness will also serve to give greater force to my small power in our great battle for the True and the Just in this world.

I beg you to be assured of my heartfelt gratitude and affection | yours | Frithiof Holmgren

Mr. Charles Darwin Esq. | F.R.S. London

1
CD’s letter to Holmgren with a photograph has not been found.
2
CD had published his earlier letter to Holmgren of [14] April 1881, giving his opinion of vivisection, in The Times, 18 April 1881, p. 10; it was also published in the Manchester Guardian, 19 April 1881, p. 7 (see letter from Frithiof Holmgren, 8 May 1881).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-13176,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-13176