HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ 



tician of the first ranlc, even greater than Young. It 

 will be admitted that, taking him all in all, Helmholtz 

 is the greatest Master of Medicine the world has ever 

 seen. 



Of Helmholtz's opinions on religious questions, 

 nothing can be stated with any degree of precision. 

 Such topics were not with him subjects of conversa- 

 tion. But throughout his writings there breathes a 

 spirit of reverence, while his noble and pure life is 

 the highest testimony to his true worth. For such a 

 man a time surely comes when 



* That in us which thinks and that which feels 

 Shall everlastingly be reconciled, 

 And that which questioneth with that which kneels.' 



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