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many a small kingdom, should have no uni- 

 versity, when some states of not half its size 

 have even two ; for instance, the grand duchy 

 of Baden, one of whose universities, that of 

 Heidelberg, ranks among the first in all Ger- 

 many. If ever I attain a position allowing 

 me so to do, I shall make every effort in my 

 power to procure for my country the greatest 

 of benefits : namely, that of an intellectual 

 unity, which can arise only from a high de- 

 gree of civilization, and from the radiation of 

 knowledge from one central point. 



I, too, have considered the question about 

 Dinkel, and if, when I have finished my work 

 here, my position is not changed, and I have 

 no definite prospect, such as would justify me 

 in keeping him with me, — well ! then we 

 must part ! I have long been preparing my- 

 self for this, by employing him only upon 

 what is indispensable to the publication of my 

 first numbers, hoping that these may procure 

 me the means of paying for such illustrations 

 as I shall further need. As my justification 

 for having engaged him in the first instance, 

 and continued this expense till now, I can 

 truly say that it is in a great degree through 

 his drawings that M. Cuvier has been able to 

 judge of my work, and so has been led to 



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