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To C.Darwin.) Pen-y-bryn, St.Peter's Road, Croydon.

Jan'y 8th. 1881

My dear Darwin

I need not say how very grateful I am to you for your constant kindness, and especially for the trouble you have taken in recommending me to Mr Gladstone. It is also of course very gratifying to hear that so many eminent men have so good an opinion of t the little scientific work I have done,— for I myself feel it to be very little in comparison with that of many others.

The amount you say Mr Gladstone proposes to recommend is considerably more than I expected would be given, and it will relieve me from a great deal of the anxiety under which I have laboured for several years. Today is my 58th birthday and it is a happy omen that your letter sh[oul]d have arrived this morning.

I presume after I receive the official communication will be the proper time to thank the persons who have signed the Memorial in my favour. I do no know whether it is the proper etiquette to w write a private letter of thanks to Mr Gladstone, or only a general official one. Whenever I hear anything from the Government I will let you know. Again thanking you for your kindness

Believe me Yours very faithfully, Alfred R. Wallace.

To C.Darwin.) Pen-y-bryn, St. Peter’s Road, Croydon. Jan’y 8th. 1881

My dear Darwin

I need not say how very grateful I am to you for your constant kindness, and especially for the trouble you have taken in recommending me to Mr Gladstone¹. It is also of course very gratifying to hear that so many eminent men have so good an opinion of t the little scientific work I have done,—for I myself feel it to be very little in comparison with that of many others.

The amount you say Mr Gladstone proposes to recommend² is considerably more than I expected would be given, and it will relieve me from a great deal of the anxiety under which I have laboured for several years.

Today is my 58th birthday and it is a happy omen that your letter sh’d have arrived this morning.

I presume after I receive the official communication will be the p proper time to thank the persons who have signed the Memorial in my favour.

I do not know whether it is the proper etiquette to wr write a private letter of thanks to Mr Gladstone, or only a general official one.

Whenever I hear anything from the Government I will let you know.

Again thanking you for your kindness[.]

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace.

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Pen-y-bryn, St. Peter's Road, Croydon. January 8, 1881.

My dear Darwin, — I need not say how very grateful I am to you for your constant kindness, and especially for the trouble you have taken in recommending me¹ to Mr. Gladstone.² It is also, of course, very gratifying to hear that so many eminent men have so good an opinion of the little scientific work I have done, for I myself feel it to be very little in comparison with that of many others.

The amount you say Mr. Gladstone proposes to recommend is considerably more than I expected would be given, and it will relieve me from a great deal of the anxieties under which I have laboured for several years. To-day is my fifty-eighth birthday, and it is a happy omen that your letter should have arrived this morning.

I presume after I receive the official communication will be the proper time to thank the persons who have signed the memorial in my favour. I do not know whether it is the proper etiquette to write a private letter of thanks to Mr. Gladstone, or only a general official one. Whenever I hear anything from the Government I will let you know.

Again thanking you for your kindness, | believe me yours very faithfully, | ALFRED R. WALLACE.