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' | <p> <note>4</note> passed without my seeing him, he talked with me on several other subjects <lb/>but never on that. When I asked him from time to time what <lb/>her Majesty said to it, his answer was that she had not finished<lb/>reading it. The people to whom I had shewn this second paper of <lb/>mine, people of as sound judgment as any in the Empire, and <lb/>who were well acquainted with the Empress's disposition, were <sic>sureeli</sic> <lb/> struck with the importance of my observations, and assured me <lb/>that some extraordinary notice would be taken of them.</p> <p>Connected as I was indifferently with the principal of the clashing<lb/> parties, and having thus got to the attention of the Empress<lb/>herself, I was in the hope that I should not appear attached<lb/>enough to anyone to raise a motive in any other to take <lb/>pains to oppose me. But I was mistaken. Potemkin after <lb/>telling me repeatedly that the empress had ordered im to bring <lb/>me to her, put off the time from day to day & from week <lb/>to week till I began to despair <add> at the thought</add> that, after having taken<lb/>so much pains to do what I thought would give her majesty<lb/>satisfaction, <del> <gap/> </del> she would even not give me before<lb/>I had done any thing material to distinguish myself.<lb/>Prince Darkhoff was now made director of the Academy<lb/>of Sciences and was very high in favour. I had planned a <lb/>chart for exhibiting a comparative & absolute state of the <lb/>Population of the several parts of the Empire. I showed it her <lb/>she was truck with the Utility of it & presented it immediately <lb/>to the Empress telling her it was by the same person who <lb/>had given her his observations on the mines & <gap/>. <lb/>The Empress told her that as yet she had not received</p> <pb/> | ||
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4 passed without my seeing him, he talked with me on several other subjects
but never on that. When I asked him from time to time what
her Majesty said to it, his answer was that she had not finished
reading it. The people to whom I had shewn this second paper of
mine, people of as sound judgment as any in the Empire, and
who were well acquainted with the Empress's disposition, were sureeli
struck with the importance of my observations, and assured me
that some extraordinary notice would be taken of them.
Connected as I was indifferently with the principal of the clashing
parties, and having thus got to the attention of the Empress
herself, I was in the hope that I should not appear attached
enough to anyone to raise a motive in any other to take
pains to oppose me. But I was mistaken. Potemkin after
telling me repeatedly that the empress had ordered im to bring
me to her, put off the time from day to day & from week
to week till I began to despair at the thought that, after having taken
so much pains to do what I thought would give her majesty
satisfaction, she would even not give me before
I had done any thing material to distinguish myself.
Prince Darkhoff was now made director of the Academy
of Sciences and was very high in favour. I had planned a
chart for exhibiting a comparative & absolute state of the
Population of the several parts of the Empire. I showed it her
she was truck with the Utility of it & presented it immediately
to the Empress telling her it was by the same person who
had given her his observations on the mines & .
The Empress told her that as yet she had not received
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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