on his knees on first beholding the English gorse in LITTLE 

 full flower, and thanked heaven that such a moment JOURNEYS 

 of divine joy was his. 



Muller was a Jena man, too, and he gave Hseckel let- 

 ters to the big-wigs. 



The wise men of Jena discovered that there was merit 

 in Haeckel's discoveries. Original investigators are rare 

 most of us write about the men who have done 

 things, or else we tell about what they have done, 

 and so we reach greatness by hitching our wagon to a 

 star jt Jt> 



For the essay on " Rhizopods,' ' Haeckel was made Pro- 

 fessor Extraordinary of the University of Jena. This 

 was in 1862; Haeckel was then twenty-eight years old; 

 & there he is today, after a service of forty-two years. 



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I/ECKEL is happily married, with a big 

 brood of children and grandchildren about 

 him. Some of his own children and the 

 grandchildren are about the same age, for 

 Haeckel has two broods, having had two 

 wives both of whom sympathized with 

 the Teddine philosophy. With the whole household, 

 including servants, the great scientist is on terms of 

 absolute good camaradie. The youngsters ride on his 

 back ; the older girls decorate him with garlands ; the 

 boys work with him in the garden or together they 

 tramp the fields and climb the hills. 

 But when it comes to study he goes to his own room 



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