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To C. L. Dodgson   14 December [1872]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Dec. 14th

My dear Sir

I thank you most sincerely for the excellent photograph & your very kind note.2

I am now employed on another subject & do not think that I shall continue my observations on expression; but I will not forget your obliging offer, should occasion occur.—3

I am at present far from well,4 so pray excuse brevity & believe me | yours faithfully & obliged | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to C. L. Dodgson, 10 December 1872.
2
For details of the photograph, see the letter to C. L. Dodgson, 10 December 1872, n. 2. Dodgson’s note has not been found.
3
CD had begun work on insectivorous plants, and on Drosera in particular, on 23 August 1872 (see ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
4
Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) records that on 15 December 1872 CD was ill in bed.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8680A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8680A