
          passages in the life of [crossed out Dr. Candolle]
 Dr. Berlandier, it 
 is barely possible that there 
 may be two sides to the question
 and that further investigation
 may show that he
 has been unjustly dealt with. We
 can tell more about this [h???]
 after.


 It would have afforded me
 much pleasure to have had a
 talk with you about Smithsonian
 matters and I feel assured
 I could have explained all as
 regards myself to your full satisfaction.
 I distinctly and positively
 deny any complicity in or knowledge
 of any combination to drive Prof.
 Henry away from the Institution.
 Such an idea has never been presented
 to me, and I most certainly
 would reject it indignantly. Prof. Jewett
 knows me too well and my warm
 feeling towards Prof. Henry ever to 
 approach me on such a subject. It is
 true that I sympathize to some
 extent in the library plans of
 Mr. Jewett and that I want
 to have as much encouragement for the
 Natural History as I can get. But
 I am as deeply interested in the 

        