He was ever most anxious that the
full measure of his services to science should be recognized and
appreciated. Thus, in 1823, he writes to his aunt:--
"I have been long threatening to send you a long letter, but
have always been prevented by circumstances and want of leisure
from executing my intention. The truth is, I have been so much
occupied with astronomy of late, that I have had little time
for anything else--the reduction of those double stars, and the
necessity it has put me under of looking over the journals,
reviews, &c, for information on what has already been done, and
in many cases of re-casting up my father's measures, swallows
up a great deal of time and labour. But I have the satisfaction
of being able to state that our results in most instances
confirm and establish my father's views in a remarkable manner.
These inquiries have taken me off the republication of his
printed papers for the present.
"I think I shall be adding more to his fame by pursuing and
verifying his observations than by reprinting them.
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