...e, as often as we use sorrel, etc.; and I shall never forget how full half a century ago, in the Reit-bahn at Gottingen, I used to be delighted when the Stall-meister called out, Der Schimmel fur den Herrn Ticknor , because a gray horse was the best in the large establishment. In short, must it not be the same in all languages? . . . . Brookline, August 2, 1867. my dear Head,—You are a day in ...