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To ?   8 January [1872]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Jan. 8th

Sir

I am obliged by your letter of Jan. 6th.— But I do not desire to join the movement to which you allude, because I have not sufficiently considered the subject, & therefore am not willing to take any side.—2

I have the honour to remain | Sir | Your obet. servt | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the printed stationery, with the address on the right; CD used this type of notepaper from May 1871 until January 1872.
2
The letter has not been found, and the movement has not been identified.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8150,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8150