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I sometimes long for home
till my heart aches and I think
I will not possibly be induced
to stay longer than till the
fall of 1862 - But when I take
a philosophical view of the
case I see that I ought prob-
ably to stay a fourth winter
if I can. - Longer than
that I will not stay by
any possibility that I can
now foresee. And it is pos-
sible that I will go home in
the fall of 1862 even if I get
permission to remain a fourth
winter.

You may be sure
that all my feelings are in
favor of my leaving here soon
and I believe it would be for
my interest pecuniarily as I
would be a year sooner earning
money in some way. But I
would do a great deal more
for zoology by going out in
the summer of /63 instead of fall
of /62. At least I think so
Should