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ever he has happened to reside, at Gottingen, Berne, or in the Pays 

 de Valid, his harsh, haughty, and ambitious character has offended 

 all his acquaintances.' I suspect that there were two Hallers, the 

 devoted friend, and the formidable and, at times, truculent pro- 

 fessor ; the combination is far from rare. I feel sure Voltaire's 

 acuteness did not fail him when he told his Swiss rival, ' you are 

 very lovable.' 1 



1 For a full notice of A. von Haller see Wolf's Biographien zur Kulturgeschichte 

 der Schweiz, vol. iii. (Zurich, 1859), and Sayous' Le Dix-huiti&me Siede a V Stranger, 

 vol. ii. 



