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It interested me to have him verify a remark attrib- 

 uted to him, which was that "the research output of 

 universities the world over is in inverse proportion to 

 the perfection of their equipment." I should add that 

 this statement was originally made largely as a sneer 

 at Agassiz and his new Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology at Harvard. 



When I left, Haeckel presented me with a number 

 of accurate and artistic colored prints, sketches made 

 by him in the East Indies. These were appropriated 

 by the customs officials at the next frontier. 



At Gratz 



My social 

 standing 



From Germany we went on to Gratz, the capital 

 of Styria, to the World Congress of Zoology, my 

 special obligation being to meet again with the Com- 

 mission of Nomenclature, already discussed. Arrived 

 in the finely situated city, Stolz and I were assigned 

 to modest rooms in the Pension Plantl on the corner 

 of Goethe and Humboldt streets. There one day I 

 was called upon by Dr. Stiles. As member of the 

 naval sanitary service, he then held the rank of cap- 

 tain and for reasons which will be appreciated chose 

 to wear his uniform at the Congress. At the door of 

 our pension, having first asked for "Dr. Jordan," 

 without further ceremony he ran directly up to my 

 room. The fact that a person so obviously of high 

 military rank should waive official etiquette in order 

 to see me in haste created a deep impression as to my 

 own standing, so that upon his departure I was 

 offered the best room in the house and treated with 

 special courtesy during the remainder of my stay! 



The meeting of the commission proved very inter- 



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