William Mercer Green Papers Box 1 Folder 2 Biographical Data Document 2

Baltimore, May 10th 1881

My revered and dear Bishop Green,

I think I may Express to you the sincere pleasure you have given me, in introducing your friend, Professor John McCrady of the University of the South. I only regret that I have not done it before, [?] was my intention to write to you upon his return to Sewanee.

{in a different hand} William Mercer Green Papers Box 1, Folder 2

[?] [be?] presumption in me to speak of his scientific attainments, and genius I may add, as they deserve to be spoken of. Yet I felt, as I heard him, that I was borne aloft into the higher regions of thought, without bewilderment or confusion -- so clear was his statement & so lucid his illustration at every step. While the ingenuity & force with which he turned the whole

theory of Evolution into a confirmation of Revealed Truth excited my wonder and my awe. I believe the happiest kind of impression was made upon all Classes among his auditors.

We shall be fortunate if the Johns Hopkins University can secure him for another year.

I hope I have interested one of the [Professors?] at the Stevens Institute, Hoboken, in [securing?] for him next [?] an invitation to N.York.

His lectures are too profound for a popular audience, but for men willing & loving to think they are nothing less than fascinating. You will pardon me if I seem enthusiastic, for I mean only to be just.

I hope you are more comfortable this season than you have been. Serus in caelum redeas.

I am, my dear Bishop, yours with very great regard.

George Leeds

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Green

{postal stamp}

BALTIMORE MAY 10 10PM

{address} The Rt. Rev. Dr. Green Sewanee Tenn.