LITTLE 

 JOURNEYS 



they undertook. They were simply three boys together, 

 intent on getting their money's worth. William was a 

 little better student than Alexander, and was the 

 leader ; he was larger in stature and seemed to have 

 more vitality. 



Two years were spent at the University of Frankfort, 

 and then our trio moved on to the University of Got- 

 tingen where there were distinguished lecturers on 

 Natural History and Archaeology. Antiquity especially 

 interested the boys, and the evolution and history of 

 races were followed -with animation. 

 William took especially to philosophy as expressed in 

 the writings of Kant, while Alexander developed a love 

 for botany and what he called "the science of out-of- 

 doors." Jt, & 



Two years at Gottingen, following the bent of their 

 minds and listening only to those lectures they liked, 

 and they moved on to Jena. Here they were in the 

 Goethe country. Soon there were overtures from Ber- 

 lin that they enter the service of the Government. 

 These overtures were set in motion by Campe, who, 

 however, kept out of sight in the matter, and when ac- 

 cused, stoutly declared that it -was every man's duty 

 to help himself, and that he personally had never 

 helped any one get a position and never would. 

 William was twenty-three, Alexander twenty-one. 

 William was gracious and graceful in manner and 

 made himself at home in the best society ; Alexander 

 was studious, reserved and inclined to be shy. 

 An invitation came that they should visit Weimar and 

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