From Thomas Henry Huxley 16 January 1864
My dear Darwin
I have had no news of you for a long time but I earnestly hope you are better—
Have you any objection to put your name to Flower’s certificate for the Royal Society herewith inclosed?1
It will please him much if you will; & I go bail for his being a thoroughly good man in all senses of the word—which as you know is more than I would say for everybody.
Don’t write any reply; but Mrs. Darwin perhaps will do me the kindness to send the thing on to Lyell2 as per inclosed envelope— I will write him a note about it—
We are all well barring customary colds & various forms of infantile pip— As for myself I am flourishing like a green bay tree (appropriate comparison Soapy Sam would observe)3 in consequence of having utterly renounced societies & society since October—
I have been working like a horse however & shall work ‘horser’ as my College Lectures begin in February4
Tout à vous | T H Huxley
Jermyn St
Jan 16th. 1864
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Asks CD to sign certificate nominating Flower for Royal Society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4388
- From
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Jermyn St
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 300
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4388,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4388.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12