iS55 FULLERIAN LECTURES I3 



Finally, on the eve of his marriage in July, Tyndall con 

 gratulates him on being appointed to deliver the next cours 

 of Fullerian Lectures at the Royal Institution : — 



The fates once seemed to point to our connection in a distan 

 land : we are now colleagues at home, and I can claim you a 

 my scientific brother. May the gods continue to drop fatnes 

 upon you, and may your next great step be productive of all th 

 felicity which your warmest friends or your own rebellious hear 

 can desire. 



