To Charles Lyell [25 April 1873]1
My dear Lyell,
I do not know how to express my feelings at the dreadful news received this morning.2 To think how perfect & charming she was. My dear old friend, you are now suffering from by far the greatest calamity, which a man can endure in the world. & (God grant that you may have strength to bear your misery in some degree.) I shd not have thought of writing to you at first did I not think I was compelled to acknowledge the safe receit of your generous additional contribution.3
God give you strength | Yours affectionately | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Offers condolences on the death of CL’s wife.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8884
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 96: 167
- Physical description
- AdraftS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8884,” accessed on 15 April 2021, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-8884.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21