To Leopold Würtenberger 15 January 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 15. 1879
Dear Sir,
I am extremely sorry that your circumstances interfere with the continuance of your scientific work. I grieve to say that I can see no prospect of any English scientific society aiding you.1 But you may rely on my keeping your request in mind, & if any plan occurs to me I will write again in a fortnight’s time. If you do not hear you will understand that I cannot aid you & this I shall be very sorry for.2 I have carefully preserved your paper published in 1873 which then interested me greatly.3 I therefore return the copy received this morning as it might be useful to you.
I remain, | dear Sir. | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Würtenberger, Leopold. 1873. Neuer Beitrag zum geologischen Beweise der Darwin’schen Theorie. Ausland, 4 January 1873, pp. 6–10; 13 January 1878, pp. 25–9.
Summary
Is sorry that LW’s circumstances interfere with his scientific work. Does not think any English scientific society can help.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11829F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Leopold Würtenberger
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Helmut Würtenberger (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11829F,” accessed on 1 April 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11829F.xml
