Transcribe Orton, James. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1855-11-19)

plainly forsee in you (should Providence preserve your life.) another Hugh Miller, who with the never - yielding banner of Geology, will strike out of existence every "vestige" of an atheistical creation. Oh! how I should delight to turn over with you those rocky hours in the huge volume of Nature - fresh from the printing - press of the Almighty. With no one of my acquaintance, could I so dearly love to traverse the domain of Science as with you. With you as my guide. I would be willing to Encounter almost any find - by land or sea. Wherever our - favorite science stands out from - inent - there I am with you. Our aims - our purposes - may I say