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Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
, the paleontologist, they received an immense amount of special information, but his instruction was minute in details rather than suggestive in ideas; and they were glad when their professor, finding that the course must be shortened for want of time, displayed to them his magnificent collection of fossils, and with the help of the specimens, developed his subject in a more general and practical way. This collection was purchased in 1859 by the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Agassiz had thus the pleasure of teaching his American pupils from the very collection in which he had himself made his first important paleontological studies. Of the medical professors, Nageli was the more interesting, though the reputation of Chelius brought him a larger audience. If there was however any lack of stimulus in the lecturerooms, the young friends made good the deficiency by their own indefatigable and intelligent study of nature, seeking to satisfy their cravi
Neuchatel (Switzerland) (search for this): chapter 2
d afterward serve my apprenticeship in commerce at Neuchatel for a year and a half. Then I should like to passhe business house of his uncle, Francois Mayor, at Neuchatel. He begged for a farther delay, to be spent in twr and mother had been settled since 1821. Between Neuchatel and Orbe they were overtaken by a traveling carriaothers separated, Auguste returning from Zurich to Neuchatel, where he entered into business. It chanced, howe of this burden by an arrangement with my uncle at Neuchatel. I am confident that when I have finished my studow; also whether Schimper wishes for any. . . . At Neuchatel I had the good fortune to find at least thirty spe My brother writes me that my box has arrived in Neuchatel. As I am going there goon I will take it then. I rejoice in the thought of being in Neuchatel, partly on account of my brother, Arnold (Guyot), and other frien own observations upon them. Agassiz to Braun. Neuchatel, June 20, 1827. . . Now you shall hear what I k
Munich (Bavaria, Germany) (search for this): chapter 2
terial for this account of the student life of the two friends at Heidelberg and of their teachers was chiefly furnished by Alexander Braun himself at the close of his own life, after the death of Agassiz. The later sketches of the Professors at Munich in 1832 were drawn in great part from the same source. As the distance and expense made it impossible for Agassiz to spend his vacations with his family in Switzerland, it soon became the habit for him to pass the holidays with his new friendhave never seen, but I will watch to see whether they are turned inward. . . . Braun to Agassiz. Carlsruhe, August 9, 1827. . . . This is to tell you that I have determined to leave Heidelberg in the autumn and set forth on a pilgrimage to Munich, and that I invite you to be my traveling companion. Judging by a circumstantial letter from Dollinger, the instruction in the natural sciences leaves nothing to be desired there. Add to this that the lectures are free, and the theatre open to
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 2
uch as in the pulpit. A piece of silver remains, a much prized heir-loom in the family, given to him by the municipality of Orbe in acknowledgment of his services in the schools. The rules of the school at Bienne were rather strict, but the life led by the boys was hardy and invigorating, and they played as heartily as they worked. Remembering his own school life, Agassiz often asked himself whether it was difference of climate or of method, which makes the public school life in the United States so much more trying to the health of children than the one under which he was brought up. The boys and girls in our public schools are said to be overworked with a session of five hours, and an additional hour or two of study at home. At the College of Bienne there were nine hours of study, and the boys were healthy and happy. Perhaps the secret might be found in the frequent interruption, two or three hours of study alternating with an interval for play or rest. Agassiz always retai
Heidelberg (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) (search for this): chapter 2
ich. life and studies there. University of Heidelberg. studies interrupted by illness. return toificent view. In the evening we returned to Heidelberg by moonlight. Another day we started for fills in this frame-work. To his father. Heidelberg, May 24, 1826. . . . According to your res bounded by a hill situated to the north of Heidelberg. At the back of the house is a large and firaun to his father. Braun to his father. Heidelberg, May 12, 1826. . . . .In my leisure hoursBraun, Agassiz's most congenial companion at Heidelberg was Karl Schimper, a friend of Braun, and liI miss the evenings with you and Schimper at Heidelberg, and wish I were with you once more. I am aonly too short. . . . Braun to Agassiz. Heidelberg, May, 1827. . . . On Thursday evening, thions, lodgings hardly more expensive than at Heidelberg, board equally cheap, beer plenty and good. me, and write also when we are to see you in Heidelberg and Carlsruhe. Remind me then to tell you [10 more...]
Morat (Switzerland) (search for this): chapter 2
l facts as a valuable part of his incidental education. He said he owed much of his dexterity in manipulation, to the training of eye and hand gained in these childish plays. Though fond of quiet, in-door occupation, he was an active, daring boy. One winter day when about seven years of age, he was skating with his little brother Auguste, two years younger than himself, and a number of other boys, near the shore of the lake. They were talking of a great fair held that day at the town of Morat, on the opposite side of the lake, to which M. Agassiz had gone in the morning, not crossing upon the ice, however, but driving around the shore. The temptation was too strong for Louis, and he proposed to Auguste that they should skate across, join their father at the fair, and come home with him in the afternoon. They started accordingly. The other boys remained on their skating ground till twelve o'clock, the usual dinner hour, when they returned to the village. Mme. Agassiz was watch
Karlsruhe (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) (search for this): chapter 2
it soon became the habit for him to pass the holidays with his new friend at Carlsruhe. For a young man of his tastes and acquirements a more charming home-life thas in danger for many days. As soon as he could be moved, Braun took him to Carlsruhe, where his convalescence was carefully watched over by his friend's mother. hysiology of plants, and what do you make of it? . . . Braun to Agassiz. Carlsruhe, Whitsuntide, Monday, 1827. . . .I am in Carlsruhe, and as the package hasCarlsruhe, and as the package has not gone yet, I add a note. I have been analyzing and comparing all sorts of plants in our garden to-day, and I wish you had been with me. On my last sheet I send will watch to see whether they are turned inward. . . . Braun to Agassiz. Carlsruhe, August 9, 1827. . . . This is to tell you that I have determined to leaved Schnapski with me, and write also when we are to see you in Heidelberg and Carlsruhe. Remind me then to tell you about the theory of the root and poles in plants
Biel (Switzerland) (search for this): chapter 2
ther in the afternoon. When he was ten years old, Agassiz was sent to the college for boys at Bienne, thus exchanging the easy rule of domestic instruction for the more serious studies of a public cipality of Orbe in acknowledgment of his services in the schools. The rules of the school at Bienne were rather strict, but the life led by the boys was hardy and invigorating, and they played as vacations were, of course, hailed with delight, and as Motier was but twenty miles distant from Bienne, Agassiz and his younger brother Auguste, who joined him at school a year later, were in the habtudy and recreation, the four years which Agassiz's father and mother intended he should pass at Bienne drew to a close. A yellow, time-worn sheet of foolscap, on which during the last year of his scded I can find one. For all this I ought to have about twelve louis. I should like to stay at Bienne till the month of July, and afterward serve my apprenticeship in commerce at Neuchatel for a yea
Mannheim (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) (search for this): chapter 2
ecially of an old woman who regretted the death of her husband, because she said it would certainly have amused him. We slept on the ground on some straw, and returned to Heidelberg the next day in time for dinner. The following day we went to Mannheim to visit the theatre. It is very handsome and well appointed, and we were fortunate in happening upon an excellent opera. Beyond this, I saw nothing of Mannheim except the house of Kotzebue and the place where Sand was beheaded. To-day I haMannheim except the house of Kotzebue and the place where Sand was beheaded. To-day I have made my visits to the professors. For three among them I had letters from Professors Schinz and Hirzel. I was received by all in the kindest way. Professor Tiedemann, the Chancellor, is a man about the age of papa and young for his years. He is so well-known that I need not undertake his panegyric here. As soon as I told him that I brought a letter from Zurich, he showed me the greatest politeness, offered me books from his library; in one word, said he would be for me here what Professor
Brazil (Brazil) (search for this): chapter 2
r Mellet at Vallorbe, who is much interested in the study of the six-legged insects. He invited me to go to Vallorbe with him for some days, and I passed a week there, spending my time most agreeably. We went daily on a search after insects; the booty was especially rich in beetles and butterflies. . . . I examined also M. Mellet's own most excellent collection of beetles and butterflies very carefully. He has many beautiful things, but almost exclusively Swiss or French, with a few from Brazil,—in all about 3,000 species. He gave me several, and promises more in the autumn. . . . He knows his beetles thoroughly, and observes their habits, haunts, and changes (as far as he can) admirably well. It is a pity though that while his knowledge of species is so accurate, be knows nothing of distribution, classification, or general relations. I tried to convince him that he ought to collect snails, slugs, and other objects of natural history, in the hope that he might gain thereby a wid
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