To William Thiselton-Dyer   10 November 1893

10/11/93.1

 
 

My position to the LeMans Academy,2 dear Dr Dyer, could be by you and Sir Joseph so little understood, that it will be best for me to send a duplicate of my last mails letter,3 lest the original should happen not to reach you. When suddenly called on to take the Direction for 1893 I could not forsee the troubles which arose. My position has been so much one international, that I took the offer for that reason, and certainly not for any “grandezza”.4

I feel sure Sir Joseph and you will not take an unjust view of this affair, after the information now offered.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller

1
Date stamped Royal Gardens Kew 18. Dec. 93; annotated by Thiselton-Dyer:And 28.12.93 (letter not found).
2
International Academy of Botanical Geography.
3
See M to W. Thiselton-Dyer, 3 November 1893, and footnotes thereto.
4
grandeur.

Please cite as “FVM-93-11-10,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 26 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/93-11-10