RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1964. [Letter to Babbage, 1838]. In Moseley, Maboth. Irascible genius: a life of Charles Babbage. London, p. 235.
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Freeman Bibliographical Database, enter its Identifier here. The wording used here differs from that in the original letter which reads: "for I should meet some people there, to whom I have sworn by all the saints in Heaven, I never go out". Correspondence vol. 2, p. 67.
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[…] And much, much longer ago, in 1838 or 1839, Charles Darwin had refused invitations to the parties at Dorset Street because 'I would be sure to meet people to whom I had sworn that I never went out'.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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