WCP535

Letter (WCP535.535)

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Woldingham,

Surrey

9 Jan[uary] 1913

Dear Dr. Wallace

Accept our hearty congratulations on your latest achievement & may you see your century.

Science is shamefully neglected: had you been a miserable politician, or a wretched millionaire (maybe out of the hard earned halfpence of the poor) you might have been a peer.

But I think it likely that you have desired more lasting & innocent gratification from your labours than they from theirs and have certainly earned the gratitude & respect of all thinking people.

Yours faithfully, | W J Horn [signature]

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Annotated in [pencil?] in the top left corner "Ansd".

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP535.535)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Sarvis, Nicole Mary [2014-09-22] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula J. [2014-09-22] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Envelope (WCP535.1516)

Envelope addressed to "Dr A. R. Wallace, Broadstone, Wimbourne, Dorset", with stamps, postmarked "WOLDINGHAM CATERHAM VALLEY SURREY| 6.45PM | JA 9 | 13". Pencil notes are written on front and back of envelope in W. G. Wallace's hand; on front: "Ansd"; on back: "W J Horn"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP535.1516)]

Please cite as “WCP535,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP535