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me very great pleasure : I shall so much enjoy hearing a little 

 Cambridge news. Poor dear old Alma Mater ! I am a very 

 worthy son in as far as affection goes. I have little more 

 to write about ... I cannot end this without telling you how 

 cordially I feel grateful for the kindness you have shown 

 me during my Cambridge life. Much of the pleasure and 

 utility which I may have dorived from it is owing to you. I 

 long for the time when we shall again meet, and till then 

 believe me, my dear Henslow, 



Your affectionate and obliged friend, 



Ch. Darwin. 



