
          of explaining why I did not recommend
 a more liberal provision for services, which, I
 was well aware, would command more
 in other situations. With these connections,
 I did not suppose that the places about to
 be created would be accepted, excepting for
 the consideration, which they would bring,
 and the facilities, which they would present
 to scientific gentlemen to extend their reputation
 in the departments of investigation, to 
 which they have dedicated their talents
 and labors. I did, indeed, fear that these
 considerations might, in some cases, be overruled 
 by others of a more imperious chararcter.
 This apprehension has been realized in Dr.
 Jackson's case, as well as your own, but I
        