D.C.L.

U. University Club, Dec. 4. 1850.

_Euclid and Aristotle._--The ordinary chronologies place Aristotle as

nearly a century anterior to Euclid; but Professor De Morgan ("Eucleides,"

in Dr. Smith's _Biographical Dictionary_) considers them as contemporary.

Any of your readers conversant with the subject will oblige me by saying

_which_ is right, and likewise _why_ so.

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