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 of my precious brother, and who will value any token of friendship shown to his memory.

''I am very glad that you have seen Higginsorfs article. It was an outburst of affection from his young heart which gratified me much. I was fortunate lately in receiving from Mr. Emerson a specimen of the "Edelweisse" Gnaphalium leontopodium, which was sent to him by a friend who brought the plant from Tyrol. How I wish dear Henry could have seen it.''

''I can never tell you how much I enjoyed copying and reading aloud my brother's manuscripts last winter when he was preparing them for the press. The paragraph which you quote from the essay on "Walking" impressed and charmed me particularly, I remember; and I am glad''