LAST DAYS AT MUNICH. 143 



BRAUN TO HIS FATHER. 



Munich, November 7, 1830. 

 Were I to leave Munich now, I must sepa- 

 rate myself from Agassiz and Schimper, which 

 would be neither agreeable nor advantageous 

 for me, nor would it be friendly toward them. 

 We will not shorten the time, already too 

 scantly measured, which we may still spend 

 so quietly, so wholly by ourselves, but rather, 

 as long as it lasts, make the best use of it in 

 a mutual exchange of what we have learned, 

 trying to encourage each other in the right 

 path, and drawing more closely together for 

 our whole life to come. Agassiz is to stay till 

 the end of the month ; during this time he 

 will give us lectures in anatomy, and I shall 

 learn a good deal of zoology. Beside all this 

 one thing is certain ; namely, that we can re- 

 view our medical work much more quietly and 

 uninterruptedly here than in Carlsruhe. Add 

 to this, the advantage we enjoy here of visit- 

 ing the hospitals. . . . The time passes delight- 

 fully with us of late, for Agassiz has received 

 several baskets of books from Cotta, among 

 others, Schiller's and Goethe's complete works, 

 the Conversations-Lexicon, medical works, and 

 works on natural history. How many books 



