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To Armand de Quatrefages   9 July [1873]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

July 9th

My dear Sir

You have been most kind & generous on my behalf, & I much regret that you should have wasted in vain so much of your valuable time.2

I shall ever feel grateful for your exertions, & with sincere respect, I remain | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 8 July 1873.
2
Quatrefages had nominated CD as correspondent to the anatomy and zoology section of the Académie des sciences in Paris (see letter from Armand de Quatrefages, 8 July 1873 and n. 2).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8972,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8972