Dear Sir

I have taken the liberty of sending you to day, some remarks of mine before the Academy of Natural Sciences here—¹

I have done this on several occasions, not that I regard them of very great moment, as they are the simple results of observation without much thought or study,—for which unfortunately for my own pleasure my various avocations leave me little time,—but because it was the reading of your origin of Species, which first suggested to me that the recording of such observations, might possibly be of use to those who like yourself are working out these greater lessons of nature.

With great respect | truly yours | Thomas Meehan