To A. A. L. P. Cochrane [after 7 June 1873]1
Leith Hill Place, Dorking
[regretfully declining his offer of making a voyage on the Admiral’s ship to pursue his study of Natural History,2 explaining that poor health prevents him from undertaking the expedition and that his days of travel are at an end (“ . . . The glorious enjoyment of new scenes for observation is for ever over for me, & I must rest contented with past memories …”) and expressing his warm thanks and appreciation for the offer
“Charles Darwin”]
Footnotes
Summary
Is obliged because of health to decline the invitation [see 8938] to make a voyage on the Admiral’s ship. "… I must rest contented with past memories …"
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8938A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane
- Sent from
- Leith Hill Place, Dorking
- Source of text
- Sotheby’s (dealers) (20–1 July 1988)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8938A,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8938A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21
