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during a portion of the summer,
and with the proceeds of this
to support you, come to Washington
next winter with your collections
or without them. You can take
your second course at one of the
two medical schools here, and
find time too, to attend to the
Natural History. Or else finish
your next course at Chicago,
in 1857-58, and the ensuing winter
come to Washington a full fled-
ged M.D.

If the University will
make some such arrangement with
you, I will back you to the best
of my ability. But as I said
before, I consider it a sine qua
non to ultimate success, to ac-
quire the degree of Doctor, even
though you should not make
a practice of it as a profession.

I am in earnest about you
coming here to study. You need
only a little guidance to enable
you to be all I hope for you