I could not be more grateful to you for the reply that you had the kindness to send me, and that was delivered to me the day before yesterday by Mr. Warden. Too lengthy given your respectable age, to me it seemed too short to satisfy my desire to receive lessons from such a master. I will try to profit from them and, if possible, to use them for the benefit of my nation, which has shown extraordinary valor until now, but which, freed from the yoke of cannibals, cannot master either the lessons of education, or those of experience. When I received your letter I had just learned of a recent naval battle, which was waged by our men against the squadron of the tyrant, and crowned with the most fortunate success. These gave me two pleasures at once; and I was in great need of them: for, besides the infirmities of an age more advanced than yours, and a frightful volume of correspondence that keeps aggravating these infirmities, my soul is tormented by the most painful of torments (τὸ ἄδηλον), the uncertainty of the future of my country. If I could be sure that it would one day enjoy the happiness that your wise constitution provides you, I would go down to the grave with the joy Euripides recommended to the family of the deceased:

   Χαίροντας, εὐφημοῦντας ἐκπέμπειν δόμων.

Mr. Warden, who will be so good as to send you this letter, has also kindly agreed, Sir, to forward to you at the first opportunity a package of books that I just gave him. It contains a copy of the second edition of Beccaria translated into modern Greek and two other pamphlets in ancient Greek that I ask you to accept.