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[?] [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