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to the journal in which they appear, and the writer from whose pen 
they issue, and cannot but comfort the illustrious philosopher to whom 
hey refer. 
von Esenbeck was suddenly suspended in his functions as Professor in 
the University of Breslau, and reduced to cireumstances of the most dis- 
tressing nature. An excuse for this arbitrary act, however, was thought 
n ; 
ee s despotism is never in want of ments, howev 
Sophistical, to give a coloring to its proceedings, a domestic misfortune 
tthan a f senbeck’s former life was 
: loss of his situation has exposed him, Naturalists of eminence 
are, we understand, selling portions of their collections, in order to give 
the proceeds to the illustrious savant. We ourselves have been re- 
qnesied by several of our correspondents to open a subscription for his 
heut, and we are only too glad to e mbie medium by 
Which that great and good man may be benefitied. Having obtained 
Permission from M. Nees von Esenbeck himself, we are ready to re- 
— It would be trifling with the cause we are pleading, were we to at- 
tempt to write a panegyric upon a man so unfortunate. A person who 
is eighty years of age, and in want, not only of the mere comforts of 
but the ba 
and all he possessed to the advancement of science, is indeed 
Worthy of consideration. _ Entomology, ornithology, botany, and many 
