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to study under you.
I have always felt that
I received encouragement
from you in the work
so I will ask your
opinion regarding the
question. Do you think
I could make a success
of it, judging, of course,
from what you know of
my work in that line
while under your
discipline, and could
you assist me in
securing a position
as soon as I am
fitted to properly fill
one?

I was back in some

studies at Ames' and
this year changed my
course to the domestic
Economy course. By
making the change it
left me more time to
devote to Botany than
I otherwise would have
had. That course has
now been abandoned
and consequently it
will not pay me
to return if I can
come and study
under you. Botany
I expect shall be my
life work any way
with a little music
to relieve the monotony.