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Erro. Moore's versification is exquisite ; it has a charm 

 that seems almost mysterious ; in what consists the sweet flow 

 of his lines ? I wish I was not so fond of poetry ; I love it 

 with enthusiasm ; yet, to please you, I will give it up, and 

 make up my mind to follow severer studies ; — 



Ite hinc, CamEenae, voce mellite divre 

 Dulces Camsenas, nam fatebimur verum 

 Dulces fuistis ; sed tamen meas chavtas 

 Revisitote sed pudenter et varo. 



So says old Virgil, and thereto I say, amen ! I mean, some 

 day or other, to be able to say — 



Jamque opus exegi : quod nee Jovis ira, nee ignes, 

 Nee poterit ferruin, nee edax abolere vetustas, 

 Cum volet ilia dies, quse nil nisi corporis hujus 

 Jus habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat sevi. 

 Parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis 

 Astra ferar : nomenque erit indelibile nostrum. 



That would please even you, " my guide, philosopher, and 

 friend." 



Ent. Do you recollect, in this very room, two years ago 

 this autumn, calling my " Sphinx" a monument, or some- 

 thing like that? Well, when my uncle was in America, he 

 called on Thomas Say. 



Erro. Indeed! I should call that a " non sequitur." 

 . Ent. Ura! should you; I tell you it's a positive truth. My 

 uncle was much delighted with Say ; he was dressed in the 

 homeliest manner, and appeared to be living in a state of patri- 

 archal simplicity, but full of information, and his heart over- 

 flowing with boundless benevolence ; and he was reading — 

 guess what. 



Erro. Mrs. Trollope, I guess, or Malthus? — Adam 

 Smith? — Hogg, on Sheep? — I give it up then. 



Ent. " Sphinx Vespiformis ;" he was pondering over the 

 musings of your friend. 



Erro. Capital. I had long been bent on discovering the 

 system of nature, when I saw your system first on paper, and 

 I immediately exclaimed tvpriKa; as I have gone somewhat 

 more minutely into detail, I have had occasional misgivings as 

 to parts, but nothing affecting the main theory, especially the 

 centrality of groups. I am inclined to think that we at 

 present know so little of nature that we cannot make a very 



