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My Dear Sir- I received you very kind letter after you had left. Otherwise I should have illegible at once. I suppose
you will shortly be in Brooklyn I illegible illegible I sincerely thank you for your kind expression? concerning the illegible
I sent you and especially for the suggestion concerning a popular work on Evol'n. I have often thought of this will now still
more seriously. If I did undertake it it would consist of 3 parts--1 What is Evol'n in its wide and its narrow sense--2 What
are the evidences of its truth--3--What are its bearings on Christian beliefs The only difficulty is the illegible of the
illegible the pressure of other duties. I am now engaged on a school textbook? of Geology in which of course Evol'n will appear
all through, but not illegible 09154