
          truth and justice. I was chosen
one of the scientific council without
my consent and even against my
better judgement. I was at first by
no means sanguine as to the success of
the project. I know that in most cases
of the kind hreat promises end [crossed out: ed] in small
performance and that fools rush in
where angles feat to tred, but after Bache
[?] and Gould had given in their promise
of cooperation I was induced to [?]
in the enterprise and to pledge my [honor?]
that if money were raised, sufficient for
the endowment, it would be productive
of results of importance to science, but
these guarantees were made after the
reported assertion of the President of the
Board of Trustees that the coundil were to have
the entire [?] of the scientific operations.
But enough of this _ The girls start in
the beginning of next week for a cottage hired
jointly by Mrs. [Caryle?] of Phild [Philadelphia] and ourselves [near?]
Cape May. I hope to see you sometime during
the summer. We are now much engaged in
arranging the museum brought from the patent
office As ever Your friend

J. H. 
        