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WCP3770

Postcard (WCP3770.3683)

[1]

Kildare

Bournemouth

[Dec 2 1887]1

I forget the present address of Wallace. When next you write will you be kind enough to tell it me, if you know it?

H. S.2 [signature]

P. S. I am in a fix about the statement that I sent a wreath to the funeral of the Dalhousies.3 I do not like to say that it is untrue, & I do not like to let it pass without denial. The act would have been absurd & out of taste, & yet it would be absurd & out of taste to take notice of the statement.

[2]

Professor Huxley4

85 Marina

S. Leonard’s-on-Sea

1
Date is derived from the postmark on the postcard.
2
Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903). British philosopher, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist.
3
Ramsay, John William Maule, (1847-1887). 13th Earl of Dalhousie. Scottish naval commander, courtier and Liberal politician. Secretary for Scotland in Gladstone’s 1886 administration.
4
Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895). British biologist and author, known as "Darwin's Bulldog".

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP3770.3683)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3770,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3770