To John Tyndall 20 October 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct 20. 1877
My dear Tyndall,
I read your address in ‘The Times’, though in rather a cursory manner, & as I was interested in it, I determined to read it again when republished.1 I return the proofs by my son Horace, as you may want them; & I have now only looked only at the passage about myself. You would never I am sure say anything which I should dislike, & what you do say honours & pleases me greatly. Your short character of Faraday is quite beautiful.2
Believe me, yours very sincerely, | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Tyndall, John. 1879. Fragments of science: a series of detached essays, addresses, and reviews. 6th edition. 2 vols. London: Longmans, Green, & Co.
Summary
Has read JT’s address ["Science and man", The Times, 2 October 1877, p. 8]. What JT says about CD honours and pleases him. JT’s short character of Faraday is beautiful.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11193
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Tyndall
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 261.8: 26 (EH 88205964)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11193,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11193.xml
