Letter 5797
Pritchard, Charles to Darwin, C. R.
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Congratulations on success of CD's son [George].
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My dear M
Accept my most hearty congratulations on your Son's grand
Success. Your delight & that of M
Omnes omnia bona dicere. May your Son's entire career be after the model of this beginning
Believe me | My dear M
Jan 24. 1868 | Cambridge
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See letter to G. H. Darwin, 24 January [1868] and n. 2. - +
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The quotation is from Terence's The woman of Andros. The full quotation reads, `omnes omnia bona dicere et laudere fortunas meas, qui gnatum haberem tali ingenio praeditum.' It may be translated, `Everyone spoke well of him, and they congratulated me on my good fortune in having a son endowed with such a disposition.' (Terence 2001, pp. 58--9.)