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ax. 54.] TO CHARLES DARWIN. 587 
hearty congratulations on the success of our just en- 
deavors. You have since had much more to rejoice 
over, as well as to sorrow with us. But the noble 
manner in which our country has borne itself should 
give you real satisfaction. We appreciate, too, the 
good feeling of England in its hearty grief at the 
murder of Lincoln. 
Don’t talk about our “ hating” you, nor suppose 
that we want to rob you of Canada, for which nobody 
cares. 
We think we have been ill-used by you, when you 
thought us weak and broken, and when we expected 
better things. We have learned that we must be 
strong to live in peace and comfort with England, 
otherwise we should have to eat much dirt. But now 
that we are on our feet again, all will go well, and 
hatred will disappear. Indeed I see little of that. 
I must look to the Plantago dimorphism, for, as you 
say, these plants, fertilized by the wind, would gain 
nothing by being dimorphic. No dimorphic species 
grows very near here, nor can I now get seeds of 
P. Virginica. Perhaps a good look at even dried 
specimens, under your hints, may settle the matter. 
I was exceedingly interested with the Lythrum 
paper (but had no time to write a notice of it), and 
I wait expectingly for your Climbing plants. You 
are the very prince of investigators. We hope pres- 
ently to make Mrs. Wedgewood’s acquaintance. 
July 24. 
I am reading in snatches your admirable paper on 
Climbing plants,— as yet only eighty-eight pages of it, 
and am watching with great interest all the climbers 
I have at hand. What a nice piece of work you have 
made of it! 
