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Brown. I also passed with [?]
& had full & detailed conversation
with one of the leading Professors, as to
changes since my day. I also spent a
day with Prof [?] of the [?]
[?] the most eminent man of Science
in this Country, at whose house I went
& dined with Prof [?] of the Smithso-
nian Institute. The day following I spent
{strikethrough; a day} with the Prof at his Institute
from [whence?] I gleaned many [in?] [valuable?]
[hints?]. With all these Experiences
& publications Domestic & Foreign
we feel ourselves in possession of
the Experience of Mankind & I think
we may with some confidence say
we have made the most of things
in the programs & Constitution
we have preferred. The fact
that we have succeeded in thinking