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To F. S. B. François de Chaumont   30 April 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Ap 30 1874

Dear Dr de Chaumont

I shall have great pleasure in signing your certificate for the Royal Soc. You must not be disappointed if you do not get in at once, as the candidates are so numerous & the admissions so few.1

Your letter has amused & interested me much. I always like to hear of cases of inheritance, & whenever there is a new ed. of Expression I will introduce the additional case of shrugging &c.2 Accuracy & truth are often very inconvenient, & I was quite sorry to find the P.S. destroying the connection of early weeping & whooping cough

Pray believe me | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

Footnotes

See letter from F. S. B. François de Chaumont, 29 April 1874. The certificate, with CD’s signature, is in the Royal Society archives (GB 117, EC/1879/15). François de Chaumont was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1879 (Record of the Royal Society of London)
See letter from F. S. B. François de Chaumont, 29 April 1874 and n. 10. CD’s discussion of shrugging was unchanged in Expression 2d ed.

Bibliography

Expression 2d ed.: The expression of the emotions in man and animals. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. Edited by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1890.

Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.

Summary

Agrees to sign FDeC’s certificate for admission to the Royal Society.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-9434
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Francis Stephen Bennet François de Chaumont
Sent from
Down
Source of text
Wellcome Collection (RAMC/473/4) Trustees of the Army Medical Services Museum
Physical description
LS 2pp

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9434,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9434.xml

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22

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