From Hensleigh Wedgwood   [1867–72?]1

is also a sign of de⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠fence a way ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ a g⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠ the oath ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠er stories? ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ the na⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠, but might ea⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠, be confounded wi⁠⟨⁠th⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠

H. W.

CD annotations

1.1 ⁠⟨⁠  ⁠⟩⁠fence] two crosses below ink
Bottom of letter: ‘Laughter | silen⁠⟨⁠ce⁠⟩⁠’ ink; two crosses ink
The date range is conjectured from the fact that this fragment of a letter is stuck to the back of the first letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [1867–72], and from the likelihood that the subject of this letter has something to do with that of the first letter. There are some loose fragments at DAR 181: 55 that may belong with this letter.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7043,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7043