WEDNESDAY, AT NIGHT.

Trusting more to your friendship for me and to my memoranda, which

always guide me in my lectures, than to the notes taken by the students,

I send you herewith the entire fifth lecture, together with to-day’s

recapitulation. I am sure, you will not find anything anti-philosophical

therein. You may make whatever use you like of them—except a copy for

publication—please send them back before Saturday. That the memoranda

were made for my own use only, you will observe by the confusion in

their composition—the desire, however, to be always frank, makes me

forget any consideration which vanity could suggest.[3]

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