Memoir of W.H. Harvey, M.D., F.R.S., etc., etc., : late professor of botany, Trinity College, Dublin : with selections from his journal and correspondence.

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1869
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Credit: Memoir of W.H. Harvey, M.D., F.R.S., etc., etc., : late professor of botany, Trinity College, Dublin : with selections from his journal and correspondence. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONCLUSION. 309 teaching me to mow! He had to carry me home on his back, and when he deposited me on a chair in the kitchen to have the wound dressed, I said, Poor I! and then fainted. This be- came quite a joke with S. and me. She of course was standing by ready to commence operations. .-^ Torquay, 4tli May, 1866. [Mj:^. Harvey writes.] My dear one is perfectly happy and resigned. All is peace with him, and at times he is just his dear old self—playful and cheerful. It is sad to be so far from home, and you all; but I trust I do not mui-mur, and he says always that he is quite satisfied that he came. Mr. Harris the clergyman here, came to-day and administered the sacranlent Dear Wilham had to lie in bed, and Lady H. and Mrs. L. joined us. It was, I trust, a refreshing season to us all; it was a solemn and comforting time, and dear WiUiam did not seem tatigued by it This is indeed a time of deep trial; but to witness his peace and joy m the Lord his Saviour is a blessing, a balm, and com- fort to my wounded spirit that I feel unable to put in words. To Br. Fisher. My deae Thomas, ^'^^ ^^^^ ^^'^6. I am now wholly confined to bed by weakness, and unequal to dictate much, but I wish to thank you for youi' very affec- tionate little note I always thought that I was the gaLr by yom: society, and little supposed I had helped you on your way It IS very gratifymg to me to hear from you that this has been I «hnin T ?° *° I do think that 1 shall last very much longer. I pray to be preserved in the tTw^rf ^^'^'^^ ^l^P°^*^d I thankful to be spared acute pam, and the Lord has been very gracious in preserving my mmd calm and clear. I can trust Him to the end. You need not send the - Guardian » any more. I am able me to ! f r ' ^''t.^'^'^' I t^^^t wiU follow Tar love tot ^^^^ Ti--s, with . Yours very affectionately, (In pencil, signed faintly) w. H. Harvey.