DARWIN.
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_Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon. September 14, 1878._
Dear Darwin,--An appointment is soon to be made of someone to have the
superintendence of Epping Forest under the new Act, and as it is a post
which of all others I should like I am trying very hard to get up
interest enough to secure it.
One of the means is the enclosed memorial, which has been already signed
by Sir J. Hooker and Sir J. Lubbock, and to which I feel sure you will
add your name, which I expect has weight "even in the City."
In want of anything better to do I have been grinding away at a book on
the Geography of Australia for Stanford for the last six months.
Hoping you are in good health, and with my best compliments to Mrs.
Darwin and the rest of your family, believe me yours very faithfully,
ALFRED R. WALLACE
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_Down, Beckenham, Kent. September 16, 1878._
My dear Wallace,--I return the paper signed, and most heartily wish that
you may be successful, not only for your own sake, but for that of
Natural Science, as you would then have more time for new researches.
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