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the clique then controlling the collections of the Expedition ; I was shut 
out from any share in the publication; it was best to have no further con- 
nection with me, as nothing more was to be gained by it. I can truly say, 
I rejoice that this was not the true cause of Mr. D.’s conduct, though at 
the time I could imagine no other, and »presume also it will be admitted 
that I have given a very natural explanation, at all events a true one, 0 
the reasons why Mr. D. did not hear from me touching my publication, 
the Association i s . Dana fo issiO 
bership, prefacing the nomination with remarks expressive of all a 
I then felt toward him, Did this, I would ask, * betoken a consciousness’ | 
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ny at shall we say,” exclaims Mr. D., and his coadjutor or familiar, — 4 
whose claim to a share in the paternity of his reply, appears more than | 
once in its pages in the significant we and ws,—‘‘ what shall we say of the 
honorable feelings which * * * * could trespass also on the department 
of a friend, for he has given to the public numerous geological facts ob- 
served abroad, besides those on coral islands? What of the honesty 
remark suggested another, till, unconsciously to myself, the intended 
note swelled into the essay which has given rise to this unpleasant con- 
oversy. 
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will say that I acted under the best advice within reach, and were I so 
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forwarded them to the department instead of to my family. I now rejoice 
more than ever that this was not done. Cut off by circumstances from 
any control over my MSS. there deposited, I could not suppose that the 
en vent to the deepest emotions of his heart, subjected to the criticisms 
- heartless sneers of such as would in all probability have access to 
them. : 
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