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time, the love for art and science, these were the treasures that he 

 brought with him from Germany and distributed here freely. During 

 the man_\- years of his activity, this virulence, this energy and endur- 

 ance, was the most remarkable trait of his individuality. He seemed 

 never to be tired. He could work for twenty-four hours a day and 

 still be as cheerful and vigorous as when he began and this power of 

 endurance stayed with him. When in his 8oth year, he took a trip to 

 the Orient in company with many others, it was Ramsperger who in 

 Egypt, in Syria, in Palestine, was always at the head of the procession. 

 He took all the little side trips that others only half as old would not 

 undertake for fear of fatigue, and not satisfied with this, he would 

 occasionally sit down and write long reports on his journey which, 

 having been afterwards collected by his son, formed a wonderful nar- 

 rative of this trip. 



Thus Gustav Ludwig Ramsperger will remain in our memories as 

 a noble representative of our profession, every inch a man without 

 boasting, without advertising, always cheerful, always willing to work, 

 steadfast and true to his better self, respected and beloved by all who 

 knew him. William C. Alpers. 



NOTHING IN A NAME. 



"Look here, waiter," said Mr. Grouch, scowling deeply over his 

 plate, "I ordered turtle soup. There isn't even a morsel of turtle 

 flavor in this." 



"Of course not," returned the waiter. "What do you expect? 

 Shakespeare said there was nothing in a name. If you ordered cot- 

 tage pudding would you expect a cottage in it? In Manhattan salad 

 would you look for a Flatiron or a Singer building? Any tea, sir?" — 

 Harper's Magazine. 



HASTENING HIS RESEARCH. 



In spite of the reputation for latitudinarianism he gained from his 

 early trial for heresy, the late Prof. Jowett, of Oxford, was intolerant 

 of pretentiousness. 



One self-satisfied undergraduate met the master one day. "Master," 

 he said, "I have searched everywhere in all the philosophies, ancient 

 and modern, and nowmere do I find the evidence of a God." 



"Mr. ," replied the master, after a shorter pause than usual, 



"if you don't find a God by five o'clock this afternoon you must leave 

 this college." — Exchange. 



