Magneticum Naturae Regnum

exercised*) might appear to be resolved by a more than truthful assertion. I shall reveal my mind in a few words. You, most distinguished sir, an inhabitant of the New World, I of Europe, both of us unknown to one another: you perhaps chanced upon some volumes of my works, and while, amidst such a variety of subjects, you regarded them with perhaps greater veneration than my slender labors deserved, without any further prolongation of delay, you were moved to not only know the Author, but also to bind him to yourself by the closest bond of friendship,