To James Paget 3 December 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Dec. 3d 1881
My dear Paget
I was so much pleased to see your hand-writing, for I feared from what I had read in the newspaper that you were very ill. It was very kind of you under present circumstances to write me so nice & pleasing a note.1 I am coming to London for a few days in 7 or 10 day’s time; but I must defer to another visit doing what I had intended now to do, viz to propose lunching with you.2 I have just had read aloud to me your article on Vivisection, & it has quite delighted me & my wife. I am boiling over with indignation on the subject.— Good Heavens what a contrast in style is Owen’s article compared with yours!— I have not yet read Dr Wilks’ article.—3
Most heartily do I hope that Nice may do you good & I remain | my dear Paget | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Paget, James, et al. 1881. Vivisection: its pains and uses. [Three essays.] Nineteenth Century 10: 920–48.
Paget, Stephen, ed. 1901. Memoirs and letters of Sir James Paget. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Summary
Is delighted with JP’s article on vivisection ["Vivisection: its pains and its uses, No. 1", Nineteenth Century 10 (1881): 920–30]. CD is "boiling over with indignation on the subject".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13526
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13526,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13526.xml