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well-earned presant and I feel assured grand future 

 success. 



Yours very truly, 



Ch. Dae win. 



P.S. 28th. — Can you spare time to come down 

 here any day this week, except Saturday, to dine and 

 sleep here ? We should be very glad indeed if you 

 can come. If so, I would suggest your leaving 

 Charing Cross by the 4.12 train, and we would send 

 a carriage to Orpington to meet you, and send you 

 back next morning. In this case let us have a line 

 fixing your day, It will be dull for you, for none of 

 my sons except Frank are at home. 



The extraordinary modesty, the absolute sim- 

 plicity, the fatherly kindness, which breathe in this 

 letter, cannot but give some idea of what Mr. Darwin 

 was and why he was so much loved. 



Dunskaith, Ross-shire : August 29, 1878. 



My dear Mr. Darwin, — I only returned here yes- 

 terday and found your letter awaiting me. 



Your letter has made me as proud as Punch, and 

 as you have such a good opinion of the line of work, 

 I think I shall adopt your plan of working up the 

 subject well before I publish the book. The greatest 

 difficulty I had in writing the lecture was to make it 

 short enough, but it will be splendid to be able to 

 spread oneself over the whole subject in a book. I 

 was at one time in doubt whether it would be better 

 to spend time over this subject or over something 



