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Europe without being able to revisit the Jardin. But 

 I hope that, now I have found the way, it will not be 

 the last time. Everything that you will kindly tell me 

 about the condition of the Jardin will be most interest- 

 ing, for no one here can form an idea of what you must 

 have suffered during that abominable siege. Every one 

 rejoices that peace is at length declared, and I am sure 

 that no one can sympathize more than the Americans 

 with all that you must have undergone during that hor- 

 rible war, which seems to recall the dark ages rather 

 than the nineteenth century. Everywhere in the United 

 States people are busy collecting funds for the unfor- 

 tunates that the war has left without resources — and 

 I hope that the money may arrive in time to do the 

 good that is hoped for. 



I trust that all this will not lead to a military epoch 

 in Europe, and that peace will at length teach the na- 

 tives of Europe that all progress is impossible without 

 the advancement and cultivation of science. Our war 

 had the effect here of rousing our best sentiments and 

 developing in the highest degree all that leads to cul- 

 ture ; and I hope that it will be the same thing in 

 France. I do not write you more at length of what is 

 happening here, as I have just got back from the West 

 where I went immediately on my arrival here. My father 

 is practically entirely recovered, and I hop e that soon 

 he will be able to take up his work as usual. Do you 

 intend to finish your work on the Limulus ? Send me a 

 word and it will give me the greatest pleasure to send 

 you some. As soon as communication is thoroughly 

 established I will send you some memoirs of the 

 Museum. 



My wife wishes to be most kindly remembered to 



