It was plain that he came to see me and not the institution....

He rushed into talk at once, mostly on people, and asked me about my astronomical labors.

As it was a kind of flattery, I repaid it in kind by asking him about Margaret Fuller.

He said she did not strike any one as a person of intellect or as a student, for all her faculties were kept so much abreast that none had prominence.

I wanted to ask if she was a lovable person, but I did not think he would be an unbiassed judge, she was so much attached to him.
"Dec.