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To ?   23 March [1870–1]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

March 23d

Dear Sir

I feel greatly obliged by your offer, but I really have not the least claim on your kindness, & I would suggest that you wd. do better to present an additional copy to some one who attends more to Physics than I am able to do.—

I beg you, however, not to think that I am in the least less obliged by your offer, for declining it.

I remain, Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Ch Darwin

1
The year span is established by the form of the address, with Bromley crossed out and Beckenham added by hand; CD used this form between April 1869 and May 1871. The correspondent and the work he sent have not been identified.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Beckenham] before del ‘Bromley.’
1.3 to Physics] ‘to’ over ‘if’
2.1 less] interl

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7147,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7147