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More Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. 2
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Letter 558. To L. Horner. Down, Sunday [January 1847].
Your most agreeable praise of my book is enough to turn my head; I am really surprised at it, but shall swallow it with very much gusto... (558/1. "Geological Observations in S. America," London, 1846.)
E. de Beaumont measured the inclination with a sextant and artificial horizon, just as you take the height of the sun for latitude.
With respect to my Journal, I think the sketches in the second edition (558/2. "Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. ’Beagle.’" Edition II. London, 1845.) are pretty accurate; but in the first they are not so, for I foolishly trusted to my memory, and was much annoyed to find how hasty and inaccurate many of my remarks were, when I went over my huge pile of descriptions of each locality.
If ever you meet anyone circumstanced as I was, advise him not, on any account, to give any sketches until his materials are fully worked out.
What labour you must be undergoing now; I have wondered at your patience in having written to me two such long notes. How glad Mrs. Horner will be when your address is completed. (558/3. Anniversary Address of the President ("Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc." Volume III., page xxii, 1847).) I must say that I am much pleased that you will notice my volume in your address, for former Presidents took no notice of my two former volumes.
I am exceedingly glad that Bunbury is going on well.
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Chicago: Charles Darwin, "Letter 558. To L. Horner. Down, Sunday [January 1847].," More Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. 2, ed. Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925 and Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941 and trans. Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy), 1794-1866 in More Letters of Charles Darwin Original Sources, accessed December 4, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FMDTKHEYK8PC8Y.
MLA: Darwin, Charles. "Letter 558. To L. Horner. Down, Sunday [January 1847]." More Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. 2, edited by Darwin, Francis, Sir, 1848-1925 and Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941, and translated by Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy), 1794-1866, in More Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. 2, Original Sources. 4 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FMDTKHEYK8PC8Y.
Harvard: Darwin, C, 'Letter 558. To L. Horner. Down, Sunday [January 1847].' in More Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. 2, ed. and trans. . cited in , More Letters of Charles Darwin. Original Sources, retrieved 4 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FMDTKHEYK8PC8Y.
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