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I see you have been reading a paper to the Linn[ean]. Soc[iety]. also, so I am sure you have little cause to say you are not doing much.

I am sure Spencer[']s Social Statics, wh[ich]. you so strongly recommend, w[oul]d be too deep for me, & I confess with shame & grief that I cannot fully appreciate this author[']s merits — occasionally a page or two of his last part on Biology is read to me — I can se⁠<⁠e⁠>⁠ that it is very clever, tho⁠<ugh⁠>⁠ very wordy, & somehow does not satisfy me, & I do not feel a bit the wiser.

The doctors still maintain that I shall get well, but it will be months before I am able to work.

With every good wish | pray believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin [signature]