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are really too generous about the, to me, scandalously heavy 

 corrections. Are you not acting unfairly towards yourself? 

 Would it not be better at least to share the 72 8s. ? I 

 shall be fully satisfied, for I had no business to send, though 

 quite unintentionally and unexpectedly, such badly composed 

 MS. to the printers. 



Thank you for your kind offer to distribute the copies 

 to my friends and assisters as soon as possible. Do not 

 trouble yourself much about the foreigners, as Messrs. Wil- 

 liams and Xorgate have most kindly offered to do their best, 

 and they are accustomed to send to all parts of the world . 



I will pay for my copies whenever you like. I am so 

 glad that you were so good as to undertake the publication 

 of my book. 



My dear Sir, yours very sincerely, 



Charles Darwin. 



The further history of the book is given in the next 

 chapter. 



