CHAPTER I. 



Letters received from Dr. Brackenridge Clemens. 



[In the years 1857 to 1860 I received nine letters from Dr. Brack- 

 enridge Clemens ; as his published writings did not commence 

 till 1859, I place these letters altogether at the commencement 

 of this volume. II. T. S.] 



I. 



Easton, Pennsylvania, United States, 

 June 1th, 1857. 



I have become so well acquainted with you through 

 your writings that I cannot resist the temptation to put 

 myself in immediate communication with you. This I am 

 the more encouraged to do, knowing full well how liberal and 

 cordial is the interest you have displayed in the promotion 

 and encouragement of Entomological studies, — I was about 

 to say in England, but may I not add everyiohcrc ? I am 

 sure I can ; for Science is not limited by the boundaries of 

 countries, nor prejudiced by dissimilarity of nations and 

 national institutions, nor restricted in its range of sympathies 

 by distance ; the domain of mind is a region superior to that 

 which is temporal ; one in which its votaries live to benefit 

 and elevate their fellow-men. 



We, Anglo-Saxons of the Western Hemisphere, are, how- 

 ever, your natural allies, the inheritors of your civilization, 



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