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all I ask here. I have and ask no augmentation of ap- 

 pointments. Many cannot understand why I am not more 

 anxious for places and money. People even pretend I am 

 going to be Minister of State ; but for a certainty I am not, 

 neither do I desire to be. I want only quiet. 



In her summary of a letter from her father, dated from 

 Mannheim, November 30, 1802, his daughter says that 

 ' he alludes to his love concern : says he has got into 

 full employment at Munich, but would rather be in 

 Paris ; and the certain lady would rather have him 

 there.' 



At Christmas he was still at Mannheim, and thence 

 he wrote to the clerk at the Institution : ' As I have 

 no correspondent but you who can inform me how 

 you are going on at the Koyal Institution, you will 

 oblige me very much by writing to me now and then, 

 and letting me know what you are doing, and how the 

 Institution stands in the public opinion. You will 

 easily believe that I must be very anxious to hear of 

 its welfare and prosperity.' He said that he hoped to 

 be back in April or May. In January he sent his 

 compliments to Dr. Young and to Mr. Davy. 



Writing to his daughter again from Munich, January 

 22, 1803, Eumford says he is unsettled there, and 

 therefore that he cannot conveniently have her with 

 him, but that at a future time, not far distant, he 

 will attempt it. He spoke of the style in which he 

 was living, having his servants, the Aichners, with him, 

 with his carriages. While- he was at Munich he was 

 joined by Madame Lavoisier. 



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