To J. N. Hoare 16 April [1871]
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S. E.
April 16th.
Dear Sir
I am greatly indebted to your kindness in having informed me of the two very curious & interesting passages in Xenophon & Horace.1 They are quite new to me, for I have, I am sorry to say, utterly forgotten what little classical knowledge I ever possessed.
The kind words at the end of your note have been highly gratifying to me: no great number of clergymen (with some honourable exceptions) give me credit for searching for the truth, as far as my ability & knowledge serve, & for nothing but the truth.
With my best thanks & respects | I remain, dear Sir | very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks for the information about the passages in Xenophon and Horace.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7689F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Newenham Hoare
- Postmark
- AP 18 71
- Source of text
- Stephen R. Marzilli (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7689F,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
