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his health, will do splendid work. ... He has a fair fortune 



of his own, so that he can give up his whole time to Biology. 



He is very modest, and very pleasant, and often visits here 



and we like him very much." 



From a letter to Dr. Dohrn, February 13, 1882 : — 



" I have got one very bad piece of news to tell you, that 



F. Balfour is very ill at Cambridge with typhoid fever. . . . 



I hope that he is not in a very dangerous state ; but the 



fever is severe. Good Heavens, what a loss he would be to 



Science, and to his many loving friends ! "] 



C. Darwin to T. H. Huxley. 



Down, January 12, 1882. 



My DEAR Huxley, — Very many thanks for 'Science and 

 Culture,' and I am sure that I shall read most of the essays 

 with much interest. With respect to Automatism,* I wish 

 that you could review yourself in the old, and of course for- 

 gotten, trenchant style, and then you would here answer 

 yourself with equal incisiveness ; and thus, by Jove, you 

 might go on ad infinitum, to the joy and instruction of the 

 world. 



Ever yours very sincerely, 



Charles Darwin. 



[The following letter refers to Dr. Ogle's translation of 

 Aristotle, ■ On the Parts of Animals ' (1882) :] 



C. Darwin to W. Ogle. 



Down, February 22, 1882. 



My DEAR Dr. Ogle, — You must let me thank you for 

 the pleasure which the introduction to the Aristotle book 



* "On the hypothesis that ani- 1874, and published in the ' Fort- 



mals are automata and its history," nightly Review,' 1874, an d i n 



an Address given at the Belfast ' Science and Culture.' 

 meeting of the British Association, 



