Reply to the Preceding Letter

I have greatly appreciated, Sir, the counsel you gave me, and I have followed it both in the substance of the work and in its manner. I have circulated some manuscript copies of it, and I send you one. Although I composed this writing of my own initiative, I do not believe that I shall be disavowed with respect to the doctrine it contains and the propositions I advance in it. I am, with respect and gratitude, etc.