From J. D. Hooker 16 June 1877
Royal Gardens Kew
June 16 / 77.
Dear Darwin
When I wrote to you in re Emperor, I stupidly forgot that you were from home— pray keep away!—
I think that the old gentleman’s brains are addled. For the last 3 years or more he has been gadding about, stuffing his long-suffering calvarium with facts new & old of all sorts of sorts; & he is I think used up.1 I thought him much changed—washed out in short, & I feel sure that you would not have the same interest in seeing him that all had 3 years ago, when he was eager, fresh & full of intelligent enquiry
Ever affly yrs | J D Hooker
Footnotes
Bibliography
Barman, Roderick J. 1999. Citizen emperor: Pedro II and the making of Brazil, 1825–1891. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
Summary
JDH finds the Emperor, once an energetic man, all used up.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11003
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 104: 88–9
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11003,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11003.xml