The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-08-26
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q Man OF Science Who Posse.se. . :.
castle Tongue and Hasty Temn.s
Professor Rudolf Virchow. ro..
OF the university of Berlin M
highly interesting personality. ~
is a small man with dry, parcbmo.
like skin, and wears very powerful
spectacles. which gives his evas .
peculiar appearance as seen Thrones
them. The tout ensemble is very ..
binary. Not only is he, however i,
the first rank of scientists. bnt !.
besides, q prominent politician. ons
of the most influential men amoa0
the advanced liberals and a memhass
of the reichstag. He would lone ~.
have been elected rector had il no,
been thought that his political yiev.
would be SO obnoxious to the em'
peror as to cause him to decline 10
ratify Virchow's election. says Har.
per's Weekly.
Virchow and Won Helmholz cels.
brated their 10th birthday within .
short time OF each other, and whereas
the latter received a complimentary
telegram and decoration from tbs
emperor. Virchow was the recipient
of no SUCH favor. In the Telegram
to Won Helmholz his majesty AZ.
pressed his approval that the sciep.
list had devoted himself to science
which was his proper sphere, and had
left politics alone. This was evident.
ly side-thrust at Virchow.
During the political troubles OF
1912 Virchow was banished because
Of speech in which he said that
Prussia must have a constitution.
that the king must grant one. or they
must try to do without king. For
this he was prescribed, but he partly
regained favor by his work in con.
nection with the Franco-German war.
His organization OF ambulance corps
and his untiring efforts in the hospi.
ia, s were highly appreciated.
He is much more liked by foreign
students than by Germans To the
latter he shows his rough side. lie
does not approve of their drinking
habits. He says that Americans and
English who do not soak so system.
atically have clearer heads and do
much better work than Germans.
Some of his countrymen have such
dislike Of him that they prefer to
study pathology elsewhere, although
they have to study under inferior
men. They dread his home truths
and his not always smooth tongue. He
Is, they say, very rude to them in his
lectures. as we'll as severe at the ex.
aminations. He was so dissatisfied
With an answer given by one student
that he replied: 'Any cook would
know better than that. You know
aothing whatever about it. To an.
othcr who was turning over speci-
men with an instrument so as TO be,
better able TO see it, he sneered:
oh. yes, hack it to pieces. and by
she time you have finished with it
Nobody else will be able to see itn
A friend of mine was invited to his
house to see some very rare fish
which he had received short time
before. Nirchow's daughter. who is
lot famous for beauty, was present
When the inspection of the fish was
over Nirchow said: "All these Ill
gladly give you if you'll marry my
laughter. I've been trying to marry
Ter off these thirteen years, but
Without success
The clothes that the learned pro.
lessor wears are sometimes such as
10 old-clo' man would invest in. An
especially favorite coat of his is an
lncient one that has lost its color
through age. On one occasion he
began the examination of student
oy abruptly asking: What color is
ny coat9n The student paused for a
moment. and then replied: "Appar-
,ntly, Herr professor, it was origin
lily black; now it seems to be OF
blush tint" for which reply he was
passed.