Down,
Beckenham, Kent.
Railway Station
Orpington. S.E.R.
Sept[ember] 16. 1878
My dear Wallace
I return the paper signed1 & most heartily wish that you may be successful, not only for your own sake, but for that of natural science, as you would then have more time for new researches.
I keep moderately well, but always feel half-dead, yet manage to work away on [2] vegetable physiology, as I think that I sh[oul]d die outright, if I had nothing to do.—
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1978.1868)]
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Down, Beckenham, Kent. September 16, 1878.
My dear Wallace, — I return the paper signed, and most heartily wish that you may be successful,1 not only for your own sake, but for that of Natural Science, as you would then have more time for new researches.
I keep moderately well, but always feel half-dead, yet manage to work away on vegetable physiology, as I think that I should die outright if I had nothing to do. — Believe me yours very sincerely, | CH. DARWIN.
Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP1978.6076)]
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Please cite as “WCP1978,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1978