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All’s Well that Ends Well

           Thenmyunclebecameagreatman,andIwasnowthenephewofagreatmanwhichisnotaprivilegetobedespised.

           Hamburggaveagrandfeteinourhonour.ApublicaudiencewasgiventotheProfessorattheJohannæum,atwhichhetoldallaboutourexpedition,withonlyoneomission,theunexplainedandinexplicablebehaviourofourcompass.Onthesameday,withmuchstate,hedepositedinthearchivesofthecitythenowfamousdocumentofSaknussemm,andexpressedhisregretthatcircumstancesoverwhichhehadnocontrolhadpreventedhimfromfollowingtotheverycentreoftheearththetrackofthelearnedIcelander.Hewasmodestnotwithstandinghisglory,andhewasallthemorefamousforhishumility.

           Somuchhonourcouldnotbutexciteenvy.Therewerethosewhoenviedhimhisfame;andashistheories,restinguponknownfacts,wereinoppositiontothesystemsofscienceuponthequestionofthecentralfire,hesustainedwithhispenandbyhisvoiceremarkablediscussionswiththelearnedofeverycountry.

           FormypartIcannotagreewithhistheoryofgradualcooling:inspiteofwhatIhaveseenandfelt,Ibelieve,andalwaysshallbelieve,inthecentralheat.ButIadmitthatcertaincircumstancesnotyetsufficientlyunderstoodmaytendtomodifyinplacestheactionofnaturalphenomena.

           Whilethesequestionswerebeingdebatedwithgreatanimation,myunclemetwitharealsorrow.OurfaithfulHans,inspiteofourentreaties,hadleftHamburg;themantowhomweowedalloursuccessandourlivestoowouldnotsufferustorewardhimaswecouldhavewished.Hewasseizedwiththemaldepays,acomplaintforwhichwehavenotevenanameinEnglish.

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