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To G. H. Darwin   [30 July 1874]1

[Bassett, Southampton.]

Thursday Even

My dear G

Postman will go in one minute.— I will write tomorrow, but write now only to express my most decided opinion that your letter shd. by no means give sketch of your essay only a most explicit denial & do not allude to me.2

yours | C. D.

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874. CD arrived at William Erasmus Darwin’s home in Bassett, Southampton, on Thursday 30 July 1874 (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)).
2
CD refers to the letter George was planning to write to the Quarterly Review in response to remarks made on his work in [Mivart] 1874, p. 70 (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 and nn. 1 and 3).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9576,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9576