From Francis Darwin [before 22 April 1871?]1
University “Pitt” Club
Dear Father
I send you Jackson’s letter—2 it seems to me to be what you want. I thought that shrugging meant only a raising & sudden dropping of the shoulders, & so thought it wouldn’t be much good3
About prayer he told me that he had been talking to old King about it, & he said that this (1) is one attitude of prayer—4
he also said that this (2) is the attitude of adoration
Husckke’s attitude of astonishment seems to be natural to some people, Jackson asked a man how he should express astonishmen⟨t⟩ with his hands & he did it exactly5
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Expression: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1872.
Huschke, Emil. 1821. Mimices et physiognomices: fragmentum physiologicum. Jena: Groeckeria.
Summary
Expressions in attitudes of prayer and adoration.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7420
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- University Pitt Club
- Source of text
- DAR 162: 55
- Physical description
- AL inc?
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7420,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7420.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
