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pensate for any'exertion you may have 
to make. 
| Ellen, who is sitting by me, has just 
said, “Papa, there are Handel com¬ 
memorations ; and many other great 
men'have had honours paid to their 
^memory in the same way : wliy should 
not we have a Linnaeus’s commemora¬ 
tion ?” 
“Well, my dear Ellen,” I replied, 
“ we will have one, since you wish it.” 
Time and place, however, we ^ ve nD * 
fixed on. What say you, Henry, to 
the 3d of May, as the anniversary of 
the birth-day of Linnaeus ? But I shall 
leave you to talk over the affair with 
your sister, when you meet; which I 
trust you will do next week. 
.... We are alt impatient to see you; 
and no one more so, than 
||i> , Your affectionate father, 
C. Vernon* 
