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Osawatomie, Oct. 11, 1877. My dear son I received yours of Oct. 2, day before yesterday. I was very glad to get your letter. I was feeling very lonely and had been longing for a letter so long, I began to get discouraged. I think you are having a very good chance for schooling - much better than you could have here. I used to be very fond of Algebra and Arithmetic and liked Grammar. What history are you studying? I never studied Geology at school, but it is a subject of inquiry I am much interested in. I would like to study it practically with an intelligent teacher - go to the rocks and interrogate nature. Not many months ago a variety of rock was discovered a few miles from here, by