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ANbVVEK TO CLEON’S STIIICTUHL'S. 
Cin cinnati Heading - /?oojw, A bv, 8, 1819. 
Messrs. Eiwtoiis—I find something to 
commend in Hie courteous manner with 
viiich Cleon assails my style of writing, 
A part of one of his sentences excepted) 
r>ut I conceive he proceeded farther in 
• ds c: it.icisui than the occasion in stifled. 
As for my having an itching propensity 
to compose -atd publish, it cannot, l pre- 
ynne, be well supported; for, considering 
me importance ol the theory 1 have un¬ 
dertaken to develope, and the little as- 
sista.ice I have received from my schol¬ 
ars or supporters, I have been very quiet; 
indeed, I at first, and lor a 1 ong time after 
declaring my theory, hoped and believed 
mat a tew indices of hints, would serve 
Io lead toe schools of the day to adopt 
am! dev elope the theory in a very ample 
.-laArei, and tnus save me much labor; at 
any rate, my publications would not more 
'nan fiH a large newspaper, including all 
me; different subjects [ have treated of, 
Since my first publication. 
.1 could nave divided the lon^- sentence 
obj■toted to, into several sentences, by 
f ining out the different parts of it with 
ad wed words. Had I made the matter of 
ic extend one hundred per cent, in spec° 
it would have been more plain to every 
rea lm-, and could have been comprehend¬ 
ed vuhout much labor pf thought, but bv 
,.ax lug the reader his whole attention,! 
say.A toe printer much labor, and was 
abm to say more in a given space, and 
make jt more likely to be extracted into 
Huer papers, than i otherwise could have 
i done;. c 
