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is unanswerable, and since you cannot change it, you must change your place of abode and return to your own country.
You have already seen in Paris all those persons whom you thought it essential to see; unless you are strangely mistaken in their good-will, you will be no less sure of it in Switzerland than in Paris, and since you cannot take part in their society, your relations with them will be the same at the distance of a hundred leagues as they are now. You must therefore leave Paris for Geneva, Lausanne, or Nechatel, or any city where you can support yourself by teaching. . . . This seems to me the most advantageous course for you. If before fixing yourself permanently you like to take your place at the parsonage again, you will always find us ready to facilitate, as far as we can, any arrangements for your convenience.
Here you can live in perfect tranquillity and without expense.
There are two other subjects which I want to discuss with you, though perhaps I shall not make myself so easily understood.
You have seen the handsome public building in process of construction at Nechatel.
It will be finished this year, and I am told that the Museum will be placed there.
I believe the
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