To Thomas Martin 6 October 1859

My dear Sir,

I thought I had sent you my last letter (the enclosed) with the others – you may perhaps have seen the kind of ridicule which the Reporter of the Times has cast upon it – I shall in very few words allude to it in the Gardeners Chronicle – Thanks for the Book, which I will look at with attention – I am quite sensible of the imputations to which I lay myself open in so often alluding to those principles by which we are desired to guide ourselves in every thing we do. But you will understand me when I say that I have had far more the conditions of the Gentry than the conditions of the poor in my eye in the communications I have made – If some of these principles were a little more wrought into their hearts I should have no fear about the conditions of the Poor. If the Gentry would interfere, the Farmer must follow, & thus all would be well. To say this directly would be as unpalatable as the Income Tax – But if something can be done indirectly in this way for the present, we may hope to see the time arise when more direct appeal will not be scoffed at – Thanks for your card of sympathy &

Believe me

very truly yours

J. S. Henslow