To T. H. Huxley 27 March 1882
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
March 27th. 1882
My dear Huxley
Your most kind letter has been a real cordial to me.—1 I have felt better today than for 3 weeks & have had as yet no pain.— Your plan seems an excellent one, & I will probably act on it, unless I get very much better. Dr Clark’s kindness is unbounded to me, but he is too busy to come here.2 Once again accept my cordial thanks my dear old friend. I wish to God there were more automata in the world like you.—3
Ever yours | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1874a. On the hypothesis that animals are automata, and its history. Fortnightly Review n.s. 16: 555–80.
Huxley, Thomas Henry. 1881. Science and culture, and other essays. London: Macmillan and Co.
Summary
Feels better. Grateful for THH’s kind letter. Wishes there were more automata like him.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13744
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 371)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13744,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13744.xml
