To G. H. Darwin [4 June 1876]1
[Hopedene, Surrey.]
My dear George.—
I am determined not to believe in your grand astronomical work, until Adams accepts it & you have reached your final results, for I shall be so dreadfully disappointed, if it all breaks down.2 As for yourself all I can say is do not commit suicide.
Poor Jemmy has just come here & I have heard the sad news that the planetary movement will not act.—3
W. is beginning to recover from the unfortunate 2 days in London.—4
Yours affect | C.D
Sunday
Footnotes
Bibliography
Darwin, George Howard. 1877. On a suggested explanation of the obliquity of planets to their orbits. Philosophical Magazine 5th ser. 3: 188–92.
Summary
Is determined not to believe in GHD’s astronomical work until J. C. Adams accepts it, for he would be so disappointed if it breaks down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10530
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George Howard Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 210.1: 55
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10530,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10530.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24