To Alfred Wrigley [September 1867]1
My dear Dr. W.—
As experience in an Examination, of the same nature, as those to be ultimately passed, must be very useful to any young man, in curing him from nervousness & as a stimulus to exertion, I wish my son L. to try for W. this winter.2 From what I gather, he has small chance of success, but he assures me that he will not feel discouraged by failure.—3
I may take this opportunity of informing you that for various considerations, I wish to send H. after Xmas to a private Tutor.4 But I hope that you will not suppose that I feel dissatisfied with Clapham. On the contrary I always rejoice that my 4 sons have been under Dr. P & your care;5 & I cordially thank you for your [wonderful] K.6 to them & myself—
Believe me my dear Dr. W | Yours very f. | C. D
P.S. My son H. has a strong desire to make greater progress in Math; therefore if you can assist him in this respect. I shd. feel much obliged.—7
Footnotes
Bibliography
Moore, James Richard. 1977. On the education of Darwin’s sons: the correspondence between Charles Darwin and the Reverend G. V. Reed, 1857–1864. Notes and Records of the Royal Society 32 (1977–8): 51–70.
Summary
CD wishes his son Leonard to try for University this winter and intends sending Horace to a private tutor.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5660
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Wrigley
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 96: 31
- Physical description
- ADraftS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5660,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5660.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15