To J. D. Hooker 30 November [1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Nov. 30th
My dear Hooker.
I declare I wonder that you are alive, considering the work which you have to do— It is enough to kill anyone. I have this day despatched a letter to Farrer, with the enclosures, urging him, if he can, to do what you suggested, ie to persuade Sir S. Northcote to consider the case of Kew himself & not throw it over to a subordinate.2 I am sure he will wish to aid in any way, but I do not know on what terms he may be with his brother-in-law—3 I hope with all my heart & soul you may succeed.
Ever yours | C. Darwin
I see Huxley will go, & I hope it may answer, but it is a great risk.—4
I said that you were thinking of resigning if Government would not give required aid. of an Assistant Secretary to the Institution.—5
The Russian cigarettes are excellent.—
Footnotes
Summary
Has forwarded JDH’s memorial to T. H. Farrer to take up with Sir Stafford Northcote and to ask him to consider the case of Kew personally. Has told Farrer that JDH was thinking of resigning if Government would not give him an assistant secretary.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9738
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 347–348
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9738,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9738.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
