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She was too ill to bear such Employment, yet from the kind Hope of being able to do it in a day or two, detained my m.s. — She at length revived, tho not so soon as she expected, & I inclose you the Copy she has sent me – Behold a sad long History of a poor poetical Trifle; yet I will not abuse it, if it has any degree of success in producing that reconciliation , which I most heartily wish — Tell Boothby, If I had any jurisdiction in the Court of Parnassus, I would make Him the delegate to establish Amity between you & Darwin —

In Truth, my dear Sister, If I had any Leisure I should give you a long prosaic Lecture on a Subject, which Interests me not a little, for I think the Spirit of Animosity, which seems to prevail between you, must prove injurious to Both, & ought indeed to sink, as it arose