To W. R. Browne 18 December 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
December 18th 1880
Sir
The state of my health will not allow me to attend the meeting at Lambeth Palace, though I should feel it an honour to meet there so many distinguished men.1 It would, however, not be sincere on my part to assign want of strength as the sole reason for not attending, in as much as I can see no prospect of any benefit arising from the proposed conference.2
I beg leave to remain, Sir, | Your obedient servant | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Will not be able to attend the proposed conference and feels no benefit will arise from it.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12919
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Walter Raleigh Browne
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Surrogate RP 7385)
- Physical description
- LS 1p (photocopy)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12919,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12919.xml
