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when we [confuse?] ourselves to [fifes?] and
milk and [Ms.?] Brooks joins in the
conversation after the completion of our
reading.

My hopes that there may be an
opening for me in Lincoln have been
greatly raised by the favorable condition
of the new-building [?] and also
of the [?] Bill. It would seem with
so many places to fill that I ought to
stand at least a chance.

I see that the Chancellor recommends
an [?] for the Chair of
Geology and you [offer?], in your [?],
to the need of some provisions for Entomology.
Could I get a tutorship in
[?] [line?]. I should feel that my fortune
was made. I know considerable
about the insects of Nebraska already
and now that I have had the acquaintanceship
with Johns Hopkins methods,
I believe I would do good work
both as a teacher and an investigator.
I shall be unable to [?] for any Drs.