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To W. H. Flower   13 October [1871]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Oct 13th.

My dear Mr Flower

I thank you sincerely for your very kind letter,—2 I am sure that I have always found you most goodnatured in giving me information, but I did not know whether I might not be trespassing too far. The best & safest plan, from what you say, will be to strike out all about the larynx in the Cetaceans, which I have done.—3 Yours truly obliged | Ch. Darwin

The M.S. has come just at the right time for me.

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. H. Flower, 12 October 1871.
3
CD had sent Flower a draft of material for chapter 7 of Origin 6th ed.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8008,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8008