Down Beckenham
Kent
Mar 31 [1870]1
My dear Wallace
Many thanks for the wood-cut2, which, judging from the rate at which I crawl on, will hardly be wanted till this time next year. Whether I shall have it reduced, or beg Mr Mcmillan3 for a stereotype, as you said I might, I have not yet decided—
[2] I heartily congratulate you on your removal being over, & I much more heartily condole with myself at your having left London, for I shall thus miss some my talks with you which I always greatly enjoy.
I was excessively pleased at your review4 of Galton5, [3] & I agree to every word of it. I must add that I have just re-read y[ou]r article in the Anthropol[ogical]. Rev[iew]6. & I defy you to upset y[ou]r own doctrine.
ever yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin [signature]
Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP1932.1822)]
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Down, Beckenham, Kent. March 31, 1870.
My dear Wallace, — Many thanks for the woodcut, which, judging from the rate at which I crawl on, will hardly be wanted till this time next year. Whether I shall have it reduced, or beg Mr. Macmillan1 for a stereotype, as you said I might, I have not yet decided.
I heartily congratulate you on your removal being over, and I much more heartily condole with myself at your having left London, for I shall thus miss my talks with you which I always greatly enjoy.
I was excessively pleased at your review2 of Galton,3 and I agree to every word of it. I must add that I have just re-read your article4 in the Anthropological Review,4 and I defy you to upset your own doctrine. — Ever yours very sincerely | CH. DARWIN.
Galton, Francis (1822-1911). British polymath and founder of eugenics.
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Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP1932.6017)]
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Please cite as “WCP1932,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 7 November 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1932