The Days of a Man 1916 



as completed organisms in relation to their origin, 

 life-history, and surroundings. 



An ex- In the fall of this year I spent ten consecutive weeks 



on the road, thus making the most extended of all my 



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lecture tours. As secretary 1 took with me Harold 

 Vincent Aupperle of Grand Junction, Colorado, a 

 Stanford senior, captain of the track team, and one 

 of the staunchest and most devoted of all my dis- 

 ciples. 1 Starting at Seattle on October i, I gave 

 addresses in the larger towns eastward to Boston. 

 Returning by way of Denver, Salt Lake City, and 

 Boise, I reached home on December 10, having 

 spoken sixty-five times during the interval. 



At Bloomington, the largest audience ever known 

 in the town appeared in compliment to my work 

 there twenty-five years before. A similar assembly 

 greeted me on my return to Appleton after an absence 

 of forty years. 2 In Springfield, Illinois, I visited the 

 old home of Lincoln, preserved as he left it in 1861, 

 interesting in its neat simplicity and containing 

 papers of various kinds carefully written by him in a 

 clear, legible hand. Early November found me at 

 A noted Battle Creek, Michigan, as guest of Dr. J. H. Kel- 

 logg, who, realizing that I was overdoing, induced me 

 to remain at his famous sanatorium for a week. To 

 him and his skillful assistant, Dr. C. C. Hubly, I owe 

 a debt of gratitude for putting me on my feet again 

 and giving wise advice for the future. 



In the Cooper Union, a noted New York center 

 for popular discussion, I spoke in opposition to a 

 prominent 'Big Navy' 1 man. The audience was 



1 For an account of young Aupperle's Red Cross service and death in Bel- 

 grade, see Chapter LIV. pages 746-747. 



2 See Vol. I, Chapter vi, page 124. 



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