From Armand de Quatrefages1 8 July 1873
Paris
8 Juillet 73
Cher Monsieur et Confrere
J’ai encore été battu hier a votre occasion et dans une triple élection.2 J’en suis désolé. Mais je n’ai pu vaincre les préventions que votre dernier ouvrage a renforcées. Je le regrette bien vivement.
Du moins il m’est permis de dire que j’ai combattu jusqu’au dernier moment.
Receverez avec l’expression de mes regrets celle de mon dévouement | De Quatrefages
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Stebbins, Robert E. 1988. France. In The comparative reception of Darwinism, edited by Thomas F. Glick. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
Translation
From Armand de Quatrefages1 8 July 1873
Paris
8 July 73
Dear Sir and Colleague
I have been beaten again on your behalf and in a three-way election.2 I am upset about it. But I could not overcome the prejudices that your last work reinforced. I am deeply sorry.
At least I can say that I fought up to the last moment.
Accept the expression of my regrets along with that of my devotion | De Quatrefages
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Stebbins, Robert E. 1988. France. In The comparative reception of Darwinism, edited by Thomas F. Glick. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
Summary
CD’s nomination to French Academy fails again.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11041
- From
- Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Paris
- Source of text
- DAR 175: 11
- Physical description
- ALS 1p (French)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11041,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11041.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21