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Show moreLetter from Charles Darwin to unknown. Letter shows appreciation for a copy of a translation of his 'Variation under domestication'. Letter marked Dec 20. FG117- $150.00 Transcription: "Dec. 20th F6117 $150.00 Down, Beckenham, Kent. Dear Sir I am very much obliged for the copy of the beautifully got translation of my variation [under?] Domestication, received a few days ago; + for your present of this admirable work on a microscopical [] of [works?]. Dear Sir yours very faithfully Ch. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent.
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Show moreFragment of a letter from Charles Darwin to unknown, about paleontology. Transcription: "Little light which I have attempted to [thaw?] as the subject in Chapt. IX. But to respect if my views are in the main (including no doubt much error) right them [] shall [] have to give up our first + natural [] that paleontology gives a fair picture of the forms which have perplexed this earth. We shall have to look at all our paleontological colections as a mere chance gathering of a few forms. Therefore I fully admit that the almost universally [] opinion of one large class facts in geology is diametrically opposed to such views as mine. This part of geology does not [] also support me. On the contrary if the views of Nat. Selections is in main connect, geological view portion of a letter from Charles Darwin, [] leather of the "The Origin of Species."
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![Letter from Darwin to Camilla [Patrick]](https://digital.case.edu/sites/default/files/styles/islandora_imagecache_image_style_medium/public/externals/07c9b92db046fd23a26bacc7286affeb.jpg?itok=GUV7P4Qv&pid=ksl:ditalldar00137&iic=true)
Show moreFragment of a letter from [Horace] Darwin to Camilla [Pattrick], congratulating Camilla on her engagement to Mr. Pattrick. The letter is presumed to be written by one of the Darwin children, and is signed with the initials H.S.D. Transcription: "My dearest Camilla I am so very very glad to have this happy news. I was calmly strumming at the pi. when Mama walked in with a beaming face + yr. letter in her hand. I do congratulate you most heartily dear Camilla + hope you may be very happy - you deserve to be I'm sure + I think Mr. Patrick is a very fortunate man. It was not quite sur- prise to us for I was clever enough to guess it when you were here in November at wh. I daresay you'll be surprised. You know I'm un- strayminded enough to think that the [] view of women are better + happier married + of course for you separated from all home ties I can only rejoice entirely. Indeed I am so glad to think that now you can look forward to a home - + not the long vista of tossing about from me stronger to another. I think that having this in prospect will letters change your present life + make you content to wait until it is prudent for you to marry - I have always thought I shd like being engaged very much. I shd like uniting endless answers _ the happiness of resting ont eh feeling that gone are likes you the best in the world undisturbed by also the small worries of married life but it wd all depend on whether uniting letters to some on you are [] with is a pleasurable exercise. This is an incoherent letter but I hope you'll forgive it. I must say one coherent word at the end dear C. that I hope you don't take all my slapdash statements about clergy men to be my literal opinion. I am not so narrowminded as not to see that there are many really deep quite honest minds who can rest on this church. Not to say that my least be [heard] is one of them, at least far more than I shd have thought beforehand possible for such a powerful mind a's hers is brought up as she has been. I hope you will write us a fuller account of Mr. Patrick + yr. prospects. Ever dear C. yrs affectionately H.S.D."
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