Thomas Henry Huxley an Ernst Haeckel, London, 1. Juli 1881
4 Marlborough Place
Abbey Road, N. W.
July 1. 1881
My dear Haeckel
I was very grieved to hear of the opposition in Berlin to the grant which was to have been made to you and which, assuredly, no one would have put to a better account. || However, except as a temporary annoyance, you can afford to laugh at the opposition. The value of your work is happily not dependent upon the verdict of your detractors.
I have been consulting with Darwin and Spottiswoode about what could be done || here. But I am sorry to say that we do not see our way to any help. The fond at the immediate disposal of the British Association and of the Royal Society are not large enough to be of any use. Moreover the British Association does not meet till September and the || sittings of the Council of the Royal Society are over until the end of October; there is no way of bringing the question forward until that time; and we are not sure what view these bodies would take of the proposition.
All this, my dear Haeckel, is but „cold comfort“ to offer you and I wish I saw my way to anything better. But I do not.
Ever
Yours very faithfully
Th. H. Huxley