Letter 1100
Darwin, C. R. to Ross, J. C.
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Must decline invitation for dinner; he is unwell.
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Magdalen Hall [Oxford]
Sunday
Dear Sir James Ross
I fear you will think me very ungrateful & capricious, but such is not the case, when I say that I fear I must decline your kind invitation for tomorrow. The temptation made me break through my rule of dining by myself, but since you asked me, I have not been well, & I am in truth afraid of being knocked up if I dine out anywhere out of my own rooms.—
I let you know today that you may fill up my place more worthily.— With much regret & my sincere thanks.
Pray believe me | Yours truly obliged | Charles Darwin
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Ross had commanded the Antarctic expedition of H.M.S. Erebus and H.M.S. Terror, 1839–43. He was on the council of the British Association, then meeting in Oxford.