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in ordinary conversation. Often, when he saw 

 a number of students going off on some empty 

 pleasure-trip, he said to me, ' There they go 

 with the other fellows ; their motto is, " leh 

 gehe mit den andern." I will go my own 

 way, Mr. Dinkel, — and not alone : I will be 

 a leader of others.' In all his doings there 

 was an ease and calm which was remarkable. 

 His studio was a perfect German student's 

 room. It was large, with several wide win- 

 dows ; the furniture consisted of a couch and 

 about half a dozen chairs, beside some tables 

 for the use of his artists and himself. Dr. 

 Alex. Braun and Dr. Schimper lodged in the 

 same house, and seemed to me to share his 

 studio. Being botanists, they, too, brought 

 home what they collected in their excursions, 

 and all this found a place in the atelier, on 

 the couch, on the seats, on the floors. Books 

 filled the chairs, one alone being left for the 

 other artist, while I occupied a standing desk 

 with my drawing. No visitor could sit down, 

 and sometimes there was little room to stand 

 or move about. The walls were white, and 

 diagrams were drawn on them, to which, by 

 and by, we artists added skeletons and cari- 

 catures. In short, it was quite original. I 

 was some time there before I could discover 



