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75Letter Nr. 16Paris, October 23, 1831Gracious Count!Without a doubt the first thing I should do at the beginning of this letteris apologize to Your Honor for my lengthy silence. Since Your Honor isaware of the problems that confront a scholar on a sabbatical journey, Ipresume to offer this as an excuse. I feel that up to now I have enjoyed YourHonor's gracious favor and confidence, but I am always anxious to deservesuch favor. I do not consider that I have lost it up to now. If my supposition iscorrect, I trust that it will be enough to obtain pardon for me from Your Honor.Here is a brief account of my activities since I last wrote to YourHonor. I stayed in Paris until August of last year, applying myself diligently tothe study of the material I was to teach at the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute,e.g., Commercial History and Law, and Political Economy. I left for Englandin August. Letters of recommendation from several scholars here helped verymuch to pave the way for my meetings with MacCulloch, Cooper 90 , Senior 91 ,Mill 92 , etc. With their help I was able to achieve very satisfactory results frommy studies during my stay in England. In February I returned to Paris. Byreason of the conditions in Poland, as well as for purely personal reasons, Ihave remained here. I keep trying to use the time of my stay here to the best90 Charles Purton Cooper (1793-1873) - Lawyer, advocate, antiquary and English writer. Hecollaborated in the publication of ―The Law Magazine‖, and was the author of many works in thefield of Politics and Law.91 William Nassau Senior (1790-1864) - An English economist and promoter of the so-called―Vulgar Economy‖. He was a professor of Economy at Oxford, and the author of several works inthis field. He taught that economy is independent of politics. He also taught: the steady decline inthe productivity of the earth, and a growth in the productivity of industry; the need for a longwork-day; the capitalist's right to income based on so-called "abstinence", i.e., renunciation of theright to the immediate consumption of capital.92 John Mill (1806-1873) - An eminent English economist, journalist and philosopher. At thistime he was a collaborator in the ―Revue de Westminster‖. He continued the work of Ricardo inthe field of Economy. He was an advocate of liberalism. His principal work was Principles ofPolitical Economy.