To John Lubbock [8 June 1861]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Saturday Night
My dear Lubbock
I fear that you will think me utterly unreasonable if I was to ask you to call here either before or after church & stay lunch if so inclined. I know that you cannot do more, or say more than you have done; but you cannot imagine what a relief it would be to me to have one more final talk with you over this business; for I know no one else in whose judgment on such matters I have confidence.—
I know I am utterly unreasonable to ask you to call; but I fear I shall be a good deal knocked up tomorrow.—
Good Heavens what a whirlwind of business your office appeared.2 Pray forgive me & have charity, & a real charity it will be.—
Sir John Lubbock put the whole case with admirable clearness & helped me beyond measure.3 If it were not for looking to future, I would close at once; but I cannot feel easy at future.—
Your most sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Banking almanac: The banking almanac, directory, yearbook and diary. London: Richard Groombridge; Waterlow & Sons. 1845–1919.
Summary
Asks to meet JL for a final talk about the banking partnership for William Darwin.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3179
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 261.7: 2 (EH 88205927)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3179,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3179.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9