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U. S. Coast Survey Office
Washington, June 14 1877 My Dear Chief, That boy Charley of yours "worritted" me much and I want you to —well— scold him. Enclosed is a note received from him two days since which you notice is marked "confidential". With 3 or 4 years of preparatory work on the Pendulum and its system not yet perfected, what shall I do if he quits! He is getting well through the "experimental age" with much greater than
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ordinary success and all will be lost if he leaves. At his suggestion, under the impression he was perseverant, I have arranged with Rutherfurd to conduct the necessary experiments to build up a "spectral metre" for a wave length, expecting Charley to be chief of that party and adjunct in the work.
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fully appreciate and commend the feeling & sense of duty to himself to endeavor to better his position pecuniarily— If he abandons science just as he has opened the door of its temple! I wish the C. S. were rich enough to outbid the "adversary". What does he mean? Possibly he has not written you & may not wish a discussion until he tells more. I have written him earnestly but, of course
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think first it my duty to further his interests in whatever direction he may think they lie at whatever loss or inconvenience it may be to me. I trust sincerely he is not chasing a temporary & false light.
Prof Benjamin Peirce Cambridge, Mass. |
Transcription by Joseph Brent
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Proyecto de investigación "La correspondencia del tercer viaje europeo de Charles S. Peirce (septiembre-noviembre 1877)"
Fecha del documento: 2 de agosto 2017
Última actualización: 13 de octubre 2020
