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(which was written, at my request, by a musical friend in Oxford), I took your communication round to him, and asked him if he had any comments to make, before it was published, so that any controversy which might follow might be conducted  with the fullest understanding of both sides of the case. He very kindly wrote a memorandum in reply, & asked me to send it to you, in case you would wish to revise your memorandum in any way, before it appeared: and as you will see from the enclosed, I [[strikethrough]] [[believe?]] [[/strikethrough]] did everything necessary up to the point of sending both off to you before the end of the year: I thought in fact that I [[underlined]] had [[/underlined]] sent them off, and was awaiting your reply, when