To Charles Lyell 25 April [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
April 25th
My dear Lyell
I do not know how to express my feelings at the dreadful news just received.2 To think how perfect & charming she was & has now left you. My dear old friend you are now suffering from by far the greatest calamity which a man can endure in this world God grant that you may have strength to bear your misery in some degree.—
I shd. not have thought of writing to you at present, did I not think myself compelled to acknowledge the safe receipt of your generous additional contribution.3
God give you strength.— | My dear friend | Yours affectionately | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Offers condolences on the death of CL’s wife.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8884
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell Collection Coll-203/B1/ Lyell Temp Box 3.1 Folder_6)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8884,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8884.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
