To J. D. Hooker 10 September [1869]
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F. C. Donders has been to lunch – a good "Darwinian"!
JDH’s speech of resignation [as BAAS President] at Exeter was charming [Rep. BAAS (1869)]. JDH should have been an ambassador.
Has received Indian census.
Is unusually well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 10 Sept [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 94: 151–2 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6886 |
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