From E. F. Lubbock [before 7 April 1873]1
Dear Mr. Darwin
I have been thinking much of what we spoke of: and it occurs to me that if John either has not time, or does not feel sufficiently intimate with our friend to propose anything, Mr. Hirst would do it gently, & with delicate tact. Or Mr. Spottiswoode: but I think Mr. Hirst is a nearer friend.2
Of course, I can answer for John in other ways, & will see that he writes to you tomorrow: but I do think that when it is suggested, it ought to be quietly placed before our friend that not only for his own sake, or for that of his family, but for the sake of Science, he should be above the pride which might lead him to reject what we should feel it a privilege to offer.
With thanks to you for coming, I am yrs. most truly EFL
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Desmond, Adrian. 1994–7. Huxley. 2 vols. London: Michael Joseph.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
Is trying to persuade "our friend" [T. H. Huxley?] to accept a gift.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8833
- From
- Ellen Frances Hordern/Ellen Frances Lubbock
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 170: 17
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8833,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8833.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21