Capitolo 13
the matters of principle, if in public or the deprived matters, and he was
very clear and positive in his/her sentences.
The great secret of his/her official and long career and result that was
he was a good servant and it understood completely his/her position. Him never
puts on in opposition to his/her masters, the admiralty. Him never
hesitated to ask what he thought corrected the admiralty, if in
the way of concessions of money for various objects, or for occasional
permission not to immediately give his/her services to the scientific matters
connected with the observatory. The admiralty sometimes refused his
applications, and he very acutely felt this, but he was too busy far and
energetic to get excited around so small it disdains, and happily
accepted the situation. What had refused from an Administration was
it frequently granted from another; and in the meantime he was always ready
to be of his/her assistance more zealous than some matter that was officially
brought in front of him. This happy promptness to help, combined with his
the great ability and the punctuality in the business he cares, it did a lot it a
precious servant, and speaking him generally had the trust of the
Admiralty in an extraordinary degree. In a lot of his/her Reports to the Board
of Visitors he talks to gratitude of the liberality of the admiralty in
scientific progress that sends and search. In matters what I am also
perhaps of the smaller importance from the stand-stings tall of science, but
what invaluable are in the behavior of an important office of business,
such for example as respects and official correspondence, he was,
orderly and punctual in the tallest degree. And, what is from anybody means
without importance, he possessed an official and excellent style in
correspondence, combined with great clarity of expression. His
the whole honesty of purpose and the tall respect in which he was contained
both in house and the foreign countries, gave the great weight to his/her recommendations.
With respect to his/her habits while he resided to the observatory his,