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77Your Honor's character, and so in the effectiveness of my request. I ask YourHonor for the advice I need.Some time ago, in one of your letters to me, Your Honor hinted that Imight fill a teaching position other than that at the Polytechnic Institute, andthat Your Honor would be willing to help me obtain that position. Is thisposition, or another like it, still open to me now? Does Your Honor think thatI could be of service to my Country in that position, and would I myselfbenefit from it? In the generally critical situation in which I find myself todayI need Your Honor's gracious assistance and friendly advice. My address is:Paris, Rue Sainte Anne, Hotel Choisel.With this letter I include a formal petition, as a professor of thePolytechnic Institute. It is addressed to the Minister of Education. Your Honorcan use this petition if he judges that it is necessary.With regard to the matter of my subsidy: In London I received 6,000złotys at the end of January. This was to take me to the end of last month.Since I cannot expect a reply from Your Honor earlier than toward the end ofnext month, I really cannot return to Poland at this time. The subsidy Ireceived for the final quarter of last year simply will not suffice once I havepaid my debts. Therefore, I must ask for an advance of one half year's salary,that is, from October 1 of this year to April 1 of next year.One more request. Please pardon me, Your Honor, if I seem topresume on your goodness, and if, in spite of your many occupations, I dareto bother you with my little troubles. I have not had a letter from my brothersfor several months now, and I am not sure where they are living. Therefore, Iam including a little note for them with this letter. One of them was a studentin the School of Medicine; the other was registered in the Polytechnic Institute.Is it possible for this note to reach them by way of the directors of theseschools?