RECORD: Lankester, Ray E. [1882].06.03. [Recollection of Darwin in the letter to Francis Darwin]. CUL-DAR198.123. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
Lankester's recollections of Darwin can be found here: F2113
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Dear Darwin,
The enclosed may also be of value to you. Your father says he could not bear to see the worms wriggling with which he angled so took the trouble to put them into salt water. This is one of the little bits of evidence of his kindness.
Yours ever
E Ray Lankester
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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