Letter 6795
Darwin, C. R. to unidentified
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[A quotation in CD's hand, signed and dated, from the introduction to Orchids.] "I have never once expressed a wish for aid or for information, which has not been granted, as far as possible, in the most liberal spirit."
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``I have never once expressed a wish for aid or for information, which has not been granted, as far as possible, in the most liberal spirit.''
(Fertilisation of Orchids. Introduction.—)
Charles Darwin
Down, June 23
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The quotation is from Orchids, p. 4.