
          Cambridge Mr [March] 7, 1858 


 My Dear Dr. 


 I was much distressed 
 by your letter of 
 the 28th and again by having 
 my fear confirmed by a 
 letter from Thurber yesterday 
 It is a gross outrage, and 
 I do not like to trust myself 
 to write about it. 


 I hope you will take 
 patiently what you are 
 not responsible for and 
 cannot control. Do not 
 give up in disgust. The 
 country has probably readied
 the lowest pitch of disgrace 
 it can fall to, at present.
 A change for the better is probably 
 in store. Let us patiently wait. 


 Some more plants from 
 Muller's collection are yet to
        