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jects. And she had science, and led the 

 world in the application of the products of 

 the laboratory to the uses of every-day life 

 — in commerce, in the arts, and in war. 

 Withal, like Jeshurun, she waxed fat; and 

 did ever such pride go before such destruc- 

 tion? What a tragedy that the successors 

 of Virchow and TraubeandHelmholtzand 

 Billroth should have made her a byword 

 among the nations! "Lilies that fester 

 smell far worse than weeds ! ' ' 



