My dear Falconer

Many thanks for your note.² I have read in the Reader Sabine’s address and was much pleased by his eulogium and glorified in the highest degree.³ No doubt the notice of the “Origin” was brief enough and I think it my best work; but this obscure point was hidden to me by the effulgence of the other parts! Altogether I am very much pleased. I hear from Hooker there has been some row about what Sabine exactly said.⁴ My head is whizzing like a steam engine, so no more, except once again believe that I shall ever feel grateful to you for all the extraordinary interest you have shown in my affairs.

Most sincerely yours | C. Darwin.