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the body of his enemy with his own, but absorbs also his enemy's 

 soul, so that ever after the two are one. To the victor this had an 

 especial significance, for believing in a future state and the pres- 

 ence of his enemy there, if he eats him in this life he makes sure 

 of it that there will be no trouble with him hereafter, for he pos- 

 sesses him body and soul already [p. 411]." 



One of the pleasantest incidents in Professor Wyman's life, and 

 one known to comparatively few besides those directly concerned, 

 was the presentation to him, upon the eve of a visit to Europe, 

 of a testimonial in the double form of a sum of money and a letter 

 expressing the "warm feelings of gratitude and respect" enter- 

 tained toward him by those who had worked in his laboratory 

 between the years of 1850 and iSyo. 1 Wyman's acknowledgment 

 was characteristically simple and modest, and is here reproduced: 



"CAMBRIDGE, Jan. 19, 1870. 



"GENTLEMEN: I received, yesterday, the letter bringing your 

 good wishes and expressions of regard. They are most gratify- 

 ing to me, and recall, too, the great pleasure I have always en- 

 joyed from personal intercourse with you. Such testimonials are 

 among the greatest rewards a teacher can receive. 



"Besides these, there is the unexpected and most generous gift 

 you send. I thankfully accept it; and, following one of your sug- 

 gestions, shall gladly devote it to the acquisition of some instru- 

 ments which I very much need; and so through your kindness, 

 shall not only be able to do my work as a teacher better, but shall 

 have the most pleasant associations connected with the means 

 you give me. 



"Offering to each of you my heartiest thanks for this your re- 



1 According to the Circular as to this Testimonial, issued October 20, 1869, 

 after he had ceased to receive students preparing to study medicine, the 

 total number communicated with was seventy-two. Of these the large 

 majority had became practitioners; at least three, the two Worcesters and 

 Mills, entered the ministry; the following, and probably others, became 

 teachers or private investigators: LeConte, '50; Dean, Wilder and Moore, 

 '59; Warriner and Lombard, '60; Rothrock, '61; Amory and James, '63; 

 Derby and Fitz, '64; Bowditch, '65; and Farlow, '66; thirteen in all. The 

 years under which the names are grouped indicate the dates of beginning 

 study with Wyman; comparatively few remained long enough to obtain a 

 degree with him before graduating in medicine. 



