"We shall still sail Sept. 26th and go to Millville for a visit on arriving, then a few days to Germantown ... and a trip to Boston, etc., before coming to you".

"I do not think the Mathematical Congress would care for a paper from him, as he says to thee, because he has done no original mathematical work".

"We are very busy this week with the International Labour Congress. The behaviour of the delegates is shocking, but very amusing ... our particular charge, Prince Borghese, is a charming simple young man, with an ambition to be a professor of political economy".