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the position he already, at twenty-three years 

 of age, held among scientific men. " Every- 

 thing," he says, " was open to me as a for- 

 eigner, and to my great surprise I was received 

 as an associate already known. Was it not 

 gratifying to go to Vienna with no recom- 

 mendation whatever, and to be welcomed and 

 sought by all the scientific men, and afterwards 

 presented and introduced everywhere ? In the 

 Museum, not only were the rooms opened for 

 me when I pleased, but also the cases, and even 

 the jars, so that I could take out whatever I 

 needed for examination. At the hospital sev- 

 eral professors carried their kindness so far, as 

 to invite me to accompany them in their pri- 

 vate visits. You may fancy whether I profited 

 by all this, and how many things I saw." Af- 

 ter some account of his business arrangements 

 with Cotta, he adds : " Meantime, be at ease 

 about me. I have strings enough to my bow, 

 and need not feel anxious about the future. 

 What troubles me is that the thing I most de- 

 sire seems to me, at least for the present, far- 

 thest from my reach, namely, the direction 

 of a great Museum. When I have finished 

 with Cotta I shall begin to pack my effects, 

 and shall hope to turn my face homeward 

 somewhere about the end of August. I can 



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