Down Beckenham
Nov. 9th. 1880
My dear Miss Buckley
Your last letter and the M.S. notes are all as clear and full as could possibly be desired. I quite agree with your summary of Wallace’s more important results;1 but I have added a sentence about the colouring of animals.2 I fear that it would never do to ask a Cabinet Minister (the Duke of Argyll) to sign a memorial to the Prime Minister.3 This morning I drew up a long and full statement of Wallace’s claims, position &c., and have sent it to be well copied.4 Immediately on its return it shall be despatched to Huxley.5 I hardly ever wished for anything more than I do for the success of our efforts.
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
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DAR 143: 183
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