86 CHARLES DARWiN. 



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And again, on April 20th of the following year, 

 he wrote : — 



" I hope it is a satisfaction to you to reflect — and very few 

 things in my life have been more satisfactory to me — that we 

 have never felt any jealousy towards each other, though in 

 one sense rivals. I believe that I can say this of myself with 

 truth, and I am absolut'ely sure that it is true of you." 



