To G. H. Darwin 19 November [1881]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Nov. 19th
My dear George
I am tremendously interested by your news, & am very glad that you are going to Sir W. T. & you can then talk over affair.2 Could you get him to write to those electors, such as Swainson & Dr Thompson of Trinity who can hardly judge of your claims,3—I mean of course if Sir W. knows them at all well.—
If I were in your place, I wd. certainly return soon to Cambridge, for I believe that it is in human nature, if an elector was doubting between 2 men, the absent one wd. be apt to go to the wall.—
I will sign & despatch the deed according to your instructions.—4
The Luggage came all safe yesterday—2 vans, each with 4 horses!5 The house is crammed with goods.—
Your affect Father | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Tremendously interested by GHD’s news [about the Plumian Professorship at Cambridge]. Suggests he get William Thomson to write to the electors.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13489
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1.: 111
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13489,” accessed on 25 March 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13489.xml