Erasmus Darwin / by Ernst Krause ; translated from the German by W.S. Dallas ; with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin.

  • Krause Ernst, 1839-1903.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Erasmus Darwin / by Ernst Krause ; translated from the German by W.S. Dallas ; with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    I could for ever rail against Luxury, and for ever panegyrize upon abstinence, had I not already en- croach’d too far upon your Patience, but it being Lent the exercise of yt Christian virtue may not be amiss, so I shall proceed a little furder— [The remainder of the letter is hardly legible or intelligible, with no signature.] P.S.—Excuse Hast, supper being called, very Hungry. Judging from two letters—the first written in 1749, to one of the under-masters during the holidays, and the other to the head- master, shortly after he went to Cambridge, in 1750—he seems to have felt a degree of respect, gratitude, and affection for the several masters unusual in a schoolboy. Both these letters were accompanied by an inevit- able copy of verses, those addressed to the head-master being of considerable length, and in imitation of the 5th Satire of Persius. His two elder brothers accompanied him to St. John’s College, Cambridge ; and this seems to have been a severe strain on their father’s income. They appear, in consequence, to have been thrifty and honourably economi-