<span>Darwin writes to Innes about parish matters, and to say that his health has been poor. Darwin continues to say that Innes last letter was appreciated, as well as his expression of friendship towards Darwin. Transcription: "Jan 26, 1870 Beckenham My Dear Innes, I have had two [thus] bad days + am [shaken] + most by my briefs; [he] I can't delay thanking you heartily for all your truth. I will keep all your [letters?] for a few weeks + then return them. I have not heard from my [indicator], as he cannot have heard from me? [Horman] A L.C. with whom my confidence is [waning], tell him he is [convinced?] that He could have no case, as it makes all the difference, what is said and my [] in the same Parish in which [] [serves?], + I cannot [remember?] that I even [] to [many] names not of this Parish. I read your </span><span>letter aloud to my [], + they all laughed heartily, but it also [] often + higher feelings, [by] all of us with respect to you. By the way [] exclaimed (+ I can assure you, he is the deepest critic I know in the world) "how unjust he is about his own [], why thy ideas he only [] I have heard in my life, to the whole of which I always listened." I believe her words "I could not help listening to." you are a [] [] man to tell your clerical friends that you [are] a friend to me. I read to the day an item of a Scotch [] who said "[] but [] pray for the poor [], -for he has no friends"- or can reach words The application is evident. Ever yours most sincerely C. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England.The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts</span>
