The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: I am not altogether sure, dear Mr Bevan, whether I expressed my ¶ admiration of your heroic conduct ¶ in bringing—in the face of so much peril and almost superhuman toil of yourself and your brave l...

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88.02.10

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Theodore Bevan, 1888-02-10. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1888/88-02-10-final.odt>, accessed June 16, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from Bevan (1888), p. iii. It is introduced by 'Letter from Baron Sir Ferd. Von Mueller, President Royal Geographical Society of Australia, to Mr. Theodore Bevan, F.R.G.S, &c, after the latter's return from his fifth Expedition (dated Melbourne, 10 February, 1888)'. The expedition was to rivers of British New Guinea opening into the Gulf of Papua. Emphases may have been added by Bevan.

I am not altogether sure, dear Mr Bevan, whether I expressed my admiration of your heroic conduct in bringing—in the face of so much peril and almost superhuman toil of yourself and your brave little band—your telling enterprise to so successful and safe a conclusion.

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Ellipsis in published version.

The best reward is its accomplishment, and that will ever remain an historic fact!