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lasted for sixteen years, and was then only interrupted by the departure of Agassiz for America.
During this whole period Mr. Dinkel was occupied as his draughtsman, living sometimes in Paris, sometimes in England, sometimes in Switzerland, wherever, in short, there were specimens to be drawn.
In a private letter, written long afterward, he says, in speaking of the break in their intercourse caused by Agassiz's removal to America: ‘For a long time I felt unhappy at that separation. . . . He was a kind, noble-hearted friend; he was very benevolent, and if he had possessed millions of money he would have spent them for his researches in science, and have done good to his fellow-creatures as much as possible.’
Some passages from Braun's letters complete the chapter of these years in Munich, so rich in purpose and in experience, the prelude, as it were, to the intellectual life of the two friends who had entered upon them together.
These extracts show how seriously, not without a certain sadness, they near the end.
Houghton, Mifflin and company, New York, Boston, 1885.
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