Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
November 7th. 1872
Sir
I request that you will be so good as to inform the students to whom you refer, how truly I feel the great honour which they have conferred on me, by wishing to nominate me as Lord Rector of your University. But I am sorry to say that the state of my health renders it quite impossible for me to accept this honour.1
With my sincere thanks to your fellow-students & to yourself, I remain | Sir | Your obliged & obedient servant | Charles Darwin
Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8606,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on