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very intelligent - knowing all branches as he put it. This is the greatest failing of the men of ability in a scientific way - they get a little of various branches of science & become proficient in none. 
The work of the scientific exploration of mex. is being done now, as heretofore, by foreigners who appreciate the richness of the field. 

In nearly every capital in the country exists a scientific society & the beginning of a museum which continues to remain a beginning. 

My friend at Querendaro asked me if I had not met the members of the scientific society in Guad - & I said that I had not as I did not know of its existence at the time of my visit there. "That is a pity" [[strikethrough]] I said  [[/strikethrough]] he [[strikethrough]] but whe [[/strikethrough]] said, for they are very intelligent men & very active. Why they are in correspondence with nearly every state in the republic".