Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·Undated

Draft letterClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Draft letter), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 1 of 8

, written sideways: There is no merit on / his part to make / discoveries at Enk. / as there is no / merit for me; once the / site is discov. / & identified and [?revivedI suffer too much if there is not wholehearted agreement between collaborateurs and confidence. I can't stand this atmosphere. — I can only escape, that In principle It was first to me, as the discov of the site and long familiarity with it to lay down the mainlines of his history before Dik. after one or two seas does this. He should not forget that I have invited him to into a ready made nest discovered by me in which he has only to put some eggs. the / system. explor. / excavat. / of the site must / lead to the auto- / matically to discovery of all / the / finds remaining / in the ground. / Dik. should therefore / be more modest / and more grateful / for.] I know how to be-have in matters of scientific property and have shown it in the past, in my acknow. of Dik. work in Strat. Comp. which owed me a letter of thanks of him. Before launching this harsh accusatupon me, you should have confronted my histor. conclu with Dik' to .etc. with which they have nothing in common, but are basically opposed to. I can only admit that you were misled by my french text. I therefore send you a copy of my english résumé to be published in the 1. vol. which gives my conclusions But pending that you get the volume with the acknowledgements, I am tabulating here Dik. & my hist. concluthat you see your how unjust your remark was with regard to my behavior with Dik. texts. If hope this will be an apology from you … continues

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