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Democracy of the intellect — Things of the spirit 



— Cooperation in education — Coeducation 



— Liberalism at Cornell 



3. Meaning of Alma Mater — Looking forward — 

 Cornell and Berlin — Autocracy in the German 

 university — Sectarian colleges — The elective 

 system — Scholars self-made — Repudiation of 

 prescribed courses 



4. George William Curtis — James Russell Lowell 



— Taylor and Hughes — White's lectures — 

 Goldwin Smith — George W. Greene — Hartt 



— Survey of Brazil — Derby — Wilder — 

 SchaefFer — Crane — Prentiss — General courses 



— Sprague — Master of Science — Graduation 



— Doctor of Laws — ■ Alumnus trustee — Handi- 

 cap of the Law School 



Chapter Five 100 



1. Choice of a calling — Interest in Botany — Pro- 

 fessorship at Lombard — The unbroken prairie 



— The A. A. A. S. at Dubuque — Guests of the 

 state — Making of a Darwin — Need of " Darwin 

 stuff" — - In Galesburg — Range of Natural 

 Science — A "fossil ham" — The Glacial Epoch 



— Leaving Lombard 



2. The first summer school of science — Penikese — 

 Choice of students — First sight of Agassiz — 

 Ideas, not names — The lecture room — Agassiz's 

 purpose — The thoughts of God — "Giving 

 Agassiz a lesson" — First dredging trip 



3. Agassiz the optimist — Not a Darwinian — My 

 acceptance of Darwinism — Future leaders in 

 science — Successful teachers — Death of 

 Agassiz — Memorial service — Anderson School 

 closed — Influence of Penikese 



4. Algae and fishes — A call to Wisconsin — Stu- 

 dents at Appleton — A new friend — Turning to 

 fishes — "Story of a Stone"- — -The sequel — 

 Agassiz honored at Stanford — Appleton 

 revisited 



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