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Allow me the privilege, dear Sir Richard, to introduce to you the honorable Francis Gregory, a distinguished geographic Explorer in Australia, where he has also spent his boyhood already. He is a Crown Member of the legislative council of Queensland, and has shared for 1/4 of a century in advancing the interest of that portion of her Majesty’s Dominions. Mr Gregory, on his first visit to Europe with his family, is particularly eager to have the honor of paying homage personally to the great Leaders in science; hence, I feel sure, you will be pleased to meet him, especially as he won laurels in the fields of Geography himself.
Perhaps, my honored and venerable friend, you will show this distinguished and enlightened Gentleman the favor, to give him a special introduction to the great national Museum of Natural History over which you presided almost through a generations time so gloriously.
Let me remain,
dear Sir Richard,
with profound devotion your
Ferd. von Mueller.
Please cite as “FVM-84-03-24,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/84-03-24