To Friedrich Ludwig 16 February 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Feb. 16th 1879
Dear Sir
I hope that you will be so good as to give to the Masters at your college my most sincere thanks for their kindness in congratulating me on my Birth-day.1 To receive the approbation & sympathy of one’s fellow-workers in the acquisition of knowledge is the highest possible reward which any man ought to desire.
Believe me | Dear Sir | Yours very truly obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Sends thanks to the Masters for congratulations on his birthday, saying "the approbation & sympathy of one’s fellow-workers in the acquisition of knowledge is the highest possible reward which any man ought to desire".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11884
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Friedrich Ludwig
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p & ADraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11884,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11884.xml
