MEMOIR OF FLEISCHER. 525 



What was called Fleischer's school, cau scarcely be said any loDger 

 to exist as such. Arabic studies, the prepouderauce of which formed 

 the most distinguishing mark of its unity, have been curtailed in Ger- 

 many. A cruel fate has prematurely removed the very best philologists 

 of Fleischer's school: Ralfs, Loth, Spitta, and, furthermore Kosut aud 

 Huber. Some of us have struck out on new paths ; general interest has 

 been diverted to Assyriological research and to comparative philology. 

 The leadership in the Arabic domain is about to pass over to the Dutch 

 school. But it matters not what we do, if only we emulate the exarai))e 

 of ''our sheikh," and do disinterested, honest, diligent, conscientious, 

 aud modest work, m whatever is within the reach of our limited ability 



