LOUIS AGASSIZ 27 



Heidelberg they had succeeded in get- 

 ting an extra course of lectures at seven 

 in the morning, and were often obliged 

 to pull their professor out of bed for the 

 purpose. The fact that they did so, as 

 Mrs. Agassiz remarks, shows at least 

 the friendly relation existing between 

 teacher and scholars. In Munich there 

 was no need for any extra courses : more 

 were already given than even the Clo- 

 verleaf could assimilate. Extra energy 

 could all be expended on the lectures of 

 the Little Academy, which enjoyed still 

 one more advantage in being directly 

 under Professor Dollinger's own rooms. 

 This made easy an informal intercourse 

 of better worth than even formal lect- 

 ures. 



Curiously enough, in Agassiz 7 s pub- 

 lished letters there is little mention of 

 the philosopher Schelling, though Schell- 

 ing undoubtedly exerted a profound in- 

 fluence on Agassiz 's mode of thought. 

 Braun, on the other hand, is constantly 



