K。standsforStaleDuckandnotforLordBrougham’ssocietybutthenDr。MoneypennyissuchaqueermanthatIamneversurewhenheistellingmethetruth。AtanyratewealwaysaddtoournamestheinitialsP。R。E。T。T。Y。B。L。U。E。B。A。T。C。H。thatistosay，Philadelphia，Regular，Exchange，Tea，Total，Young，Belles，Lettres，Universal，Experimental，Bibliographical，Association，To，Civilize，Humanityoneletterforeachword，whichisadecidedimprovementuponLordBrougham。Dr。MoneypennywillhaveitthatourinitialsgiveourtruecharacterbutformylifeIcan’tseewhathemeans。
NotwithstandingthegoodofficesoftheDoctor，andthestrenuousexertionsoftheassociationtogetitselfintonotice，itmetwithnoverygreatsuccessuntilIjoinedit。Thetruthis，themembersindulgedintooflippantatoneofdiscussion。ThepapersreadeverySaturdayeveningwerecharacterizedlessbydepththanbuffoonery。
Theywereallwhippedsyllabub。Therewasnoinvestigationoffirstcauses，firstprinciples。Therewasnoinvestigationofanythingatall。Therewasnoattentionpaidtothatgreatpoint，the“fitnessofthings。”Inshorttherewasnofinewritinglikethis。Itwasalllowvery！Noprofundity，noreading，nometaphysicsnothingwhichthelearnedcallspirituality，andwhichtheunlearnedchoosetostigmatizeascant。[Dr。M。saysIoughttospell“cant“withacapitalKbutIknowbetter。]
WhenIjoinedthesocietyitwasmyendeavortointroduceabetterstyleofthinkingandwriting，andalltheworldknowshowwellI
havesucceeded。WegetupasgoodpapersnowintheP。R。E。T。T。Y。