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we seem to acquire a right to speak openly of his good 

 qualities. I cannot, therefore, prevail upon myself to 

 lay down my pen without alluding to the affectionate 

 admiration of your moral and social, as well as intel- 

 lectual excellencies, which springs up in the hearts of 

 your friends, whenever you are thought of. They are 

 much delighted to look upon the halo of deserved fame 

 which plays round your head; but still more, to recol- 

 lect, as one of them said, that your head is far from 

 being the best part about you. 



May your sojourn in the southern hemisphere be as 

 happy and successful as its object is noble and worthy of 

 you ; and may your return home be speedy and prosperous, 

 as soon as your purpose is attained. 



Ever, my dear Herschel, Yours, 



22 March, 1837. W. WHEWELL. 



P. S. So I wrote nearly ten years ago, when you 

 were at the Cape of Good Hope, employed in your great 

 task of making a complete standard survey of the nebulae 

 and double stars visible to man. Now that you are, as I 

 trust, in a few weeks about to put the crowning stone 

 upon your edifice by the publication of your " Obser- 

 vations in the Southern Hemisphere," I cannot refrain 

 from congratulating you upon having had your life ennobled 

 by the conception and happy execution of so great a de- 

 sign, and once* more offering you my wishes that you may 

 long enjoy the glory you have so well won. 



TRINITY COLLEGE, W. W. 



Nov. 22, 184fi. 



