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New Haven. Sept 19, 1844. My dear sir, In searching for D^r Deane’s missing communication I stumbled upon this letter of yours which appears to have some bearing upon your present discussions. I have underscored & sidemarked the passage to which I refer. I have your late rejoinder which in # & will soon reach you. The passage which I have marked within will perhaps induce you to modify one or two of your later observations. I will write again soon being at this moment much possessed [?] going to N.Y. but M^r Dana will attend to proofs. I am to return on Monday next. I have informed D^r Deane that I have sent you this letter. Yours, B S

Amherst July 30^th 1835

Dear Sir,

I know of no ‘diocese’ in science, especially in this free country. Every man has a right to go where he chooses especially if he be invited & his object be to diffuse information among the people. It may not indeed be very pleasant for a public man whose motto has been aut Caesar aut nullus to have another one so near him as to eclipse him: but if any of us feel our professional pride wounded by your too near appulse we have nothing to do but to bear it in silence since we should only make the matter worse by complaining. I know nothing about Prof Webster’s feelings on this point, but believing as I do that your peregrinations of this sort will promote the general interest in scientific subjects, I hope I rejoice in all your success: and if you should succeed well in a pecuniary aspect I know of no one who is more likely to make a good use of money than yourself. I think you will have an interesting tour to Nantucket. At any rate you will meet with