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To Theodor Gomperz   1 September [1873]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

September 1.

Dear Sir

I thank you for your interesting & suggestive letter, the reception of which has gratified me much.—2 I have lately been very unwell, & my doctors order me to think as little as possible on any subject.3 Nevertheless I could not help reading your letter once: I will carefully preserve it & hereafter consider it with the attention which it deserves.—4

Pray accept my thanks & my respect & believe me | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully & obliged | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Theodor Gomperz, 25 August 1873.
3
CD had fallen ill with partial loss of memory and ‘sinking fits’ on 26 August 1873 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9039,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9039