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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Edward Vivian   23 August [1872]

Aug. 23d

One line to thank you for valuable information. The more I investigate the extreme amount of work effected, the more perplexed as yet I become.1

Thanks.— C. Darwin

Footnotes

The information may have related to CD’s research on worms. No letter from Vivian has been found.

Summary

Thanks for valuable information [about worms?]. "The more I investigate the extreme amount of work effected, the more perplexed as yet I become."

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-8485
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Edward Vivian
Sent from
Down
Postmark
24 AU 72
Source of text
Torquay Museum Society (AR474)
Physical description
ApcS

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8485,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8485.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20

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