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![Letter from Charles Darwin to J. B. Innes [7776]](https://digital.case.edu/sites/default/files/styles/islandora_imagecache_image_style_medium/public/externals/fb39e4626c7ae6d83518bfb44527bf1e.jpg?itok=Hz6wWEmy&pid=ksl:ditalldar00038&iic=true)
Show moreTranscription: "My dear Innes, I have been very glad to receive your pleasant letter; for to tell you the truth, I have sometimes wondered whether you would not think me an outcast and a reprobate after the publication of my last book. I do not wonder at all at your not agreeing with me, for a good many professed naturalists do not. Yet when I see in how extraordinary a manner the judgment of naturalists has changed since I published the Origin, I feel convinced that there will be in ten years quite as much unanimity about man, as far as his corporeal frame is concerned. Anyhow my views do not lead me to such conclusions about negros and slavery as yours do: I consider myself a good way ahead of you, as far as this goes. Thanks for the very curious story about the dog and mutton chops. They are wonderful animals, and deserve to be loved with all one's heart, even when they do steal mutton-chops. I am very sorry that you have been compelled to give up your farm, for I am sure it must have been a great amusement, and that you would have managed it very well. I have seen no one for a long time and heard no news of Mr Powell. The Friendly Club, which flourishes, meets tomorrow and I shall read aloud the accounts on my lawn in the usual way. You proved right about Mr. Horsman, and I never heard a word more from or about him; so I return all the documents, which you were so very kind as to send me, and which I shd. think it would be worth while to keep for some years, in case the scamp shd. again turn up. With hearty thanks for your letter with all its interesting details. Believe me, Dear Innes, Your's very sincerely, Ch. Darwin" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Down House, near Beckenham, Kent, England.
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Show moreLetter to John Innes, asking for his approval of a proposal. Transcription: "Secretary's Department, Bounty Office Dean's Yard, Westminster,S.W. 11th May 1874 Revd Sir/C. Downe As [patron?] of this Benefice and Down of 1,000 pounds, to obtain 200 pounds from the Governors and the patronage from the Archbishop of Canterbury, I have deemed it advisable to inform you that a proposal is before the governors to purchase of the Ecclesiastical Commisioners a [] of Lishe, [] amounting to 47.10.0 pounds for 1,200 pounds, and contingend on this purchase, the Commissioners are willing to add a further amount of [] amounting to 18 pounds per [] as an additional endorsement of the Benefice- I will [] you to state of pupable, by return of post, if you approve of this proposal- I am Revd Sir your obed Servt Joseph K Aston Secratary Revs J.B. Innes Approved JBI" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Secretary's Department, Bounty Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster, S.W.
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