WCP3312

Letter (WCP3312.3280)

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Blandford R[oa]d

Broadstone

April 26 1911

Dear Sir,

I feel I should like to tell you how much I have been helped by some of your books. I well remember how, when quite a youth, the knowledge that you, who accepted all Darwin's2 news, stood for what I may call the 'Spiritual' side of nature, was a great help to me.

Now I have just finished the 'Word, Life', & again found & have found amongst thus the chapter on pain in animals very helpful. I have long felt that the small [2] brain proves of the lower creation meant a small capacity for feeling pain & it was nice to hear another agreement to the same effort.

I am here in change of this parish during Mr. Slent's absence, & should very much like, if you are not too busy, to call on you personally to thank you. Perhaps you will let me know.

Yours very faithfully | (Rev[erend].) G. E. Boyle [signature]3

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1
Written in the top left in an unidentified hand is "About 5 p.m.".
2
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). English naturalist and geologist.
3
British Museum stamp underneath.
4
Rev. G. E. Boyle written by hand on otherwise blank page.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3312.3280)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-11] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-11] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3312,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3312