COPLEY MEDAL, 673 



tary that you were, at the last anniversary of 

 the Royal Society, the recipient of the highest 

 honor which our body can bestow, whether on 

 a foreigner or a native. . . . On going to the 

 Royal Society to-day I found that the Presi- 

 dent and Secretaries were much surprised that 

 you had never answered the of&cial letter sent 

 to you on the 1st or 2d December by the 

 Foreign Secretary, Professor Muller, of Cam- 

 bridge. He wrote to announce the award, and 

 told you the Copley Medal was in his safe keep- 

 ing till you wrote to say what you wished to 

 have done with it. I have now recommended 

 him to transmit it officially to you through the 

 United States Minister, Mr. Adams. In these 

 times of irritation, everything which soothes 

 and calms down angry feelings ought to be 

 resorted to ; and I hope it may be publicly 

 known that when our newspapers were recip- 

 rocating all sorts of rudenesses, the men of 

 science of England thought of nothing but 

 honoring a beloved and eminent savant of 

 America. 



I thank you for your clear and manly view 

 of the North and South, which I shall show 

 to all our mutual friends. Egerton, who is 

 now here, was delighted to hear of you, as 

 well as Huxley, Lyell, and many others. . . . 



