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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 17: 1852-1855: Aet. 45-48. (search)
Dana concerning geographical distribution and geological succession of animals. resignation of Charleston professorship. propositions from Zurich. letter to Oswald Heer. decision to remain in Cambridge. letters to James D. Dana, S. S. Haldeman, and others respecting collections illustrative of the distribution of fishes, shelis settled purpose. The proposition from Zurich was not official, but came through a friend and colleague, for whom he had the deepest sympathy and admiration,—Oswald Heer. To work in his immediate neighborhood would have been in itself a temptation. To Professor Oswald Heer. Cambridge, January 9, 1855. my honored friend,—Professor Oswald Heer. Cambridge, January 9, 1855. my honored friend,—How shall I make you understand why your kind letter, though it reached me some months ago, has remained till now unanswered. It concerns a decision of vital importance to my whole life, and in such a case one must not decide hastily, nor even with too exclusive regard for one's own preference in the matter. You cannot doubt that<
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 21: 1865-1868: Aet. 58-61. (search)
r Peirce on the Survey of Boston Harbor. death of his mother. illness. correspondence with Oswald Heer. summer journey in the West. Cornell University. letter from Longfellow. The next impord him for a number of weeks. To this date belongs a short correspondence between Agassiz and Oswald Heer. Heer's work on the Fossil Flora of the Arctics had recently appeared, and a presentation coHeer's work on the Fossil Flora of the Arctics had recently appeared, and a presentation copy from him reached Agassiz as he was slowly regaining strength after his illness, although still confined to the house. It could not have come at a happier moment, for it engrossed him completely, aled by a story-book than he by the pictures which this erudite work called up. Agassiz to Oswald Heer. Cambridge, May 12, 1868. my honored colleague,—Your beautiful book on the Fossil Arctic ey, and that these lines may find you well, I remain, with cordial greeting, Sincerely yours, Oswald Heer. Shortly after Agassiz's recovery, in July, 1868, he was invited by Mr. Samuel Hooper to
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Index. (search)
Harbor deposits, 649, 654, 650, 651, 655. Hare, 419. Harvard University, 457, 617, 619, 621. Hassler expedition, 690, 692, 697. Heath, 320, 324. Heer, Oswald, 514, 657. Heidelberg, arrival at, 19; rambles in vicinity of, 19, 20; student life at, 22, 23, 26, 148; invitation to, 211. Henry, Joseph, 416, 506. Hill, 663. to Sir P. Egerton, 284, 294, 811, 347, 359, 374, 577, 646; Agassiz to R. W. Emerson, 619. to Chancellor Favargez, 430. to S. S. Haldeman, 520. to Oswald Heer, 514, 658. to Mrs. Holbrook, 498 to S. G. Howe, 594, 600. to A. von Humboldt, 188, 193, 202, 213, 220, 257, 488. to J. A. Lowell, 402. to Sir Charles Lyell,e la Rive to Agassiz, 276. G. P. Deshayes to Agassiz, 684. Egerton to Agassiz, 375. R. W. Emerson to Agassiz, 620. Edward Forbes to Agassiz, 337. Oswald Heer to Agassiz, 659. Dr. Howe to Agassiz, 591, 612. A. von Humboldt to Agassiz, 187, 222, 253, 266, 312, 344, 381, 536, (extract) 400. H. W. Longfellow to