Rec. March 12 Berlin Feb.11,1867 
Ans. ® ‚April May 7 
Dear: Enzelmann ;: Sn 
This time I was again auite lazy, and vet that is not the 
prover word -— I was industrious during this time - but not by wri- 
tinz letters. I would have liked to come to an end examining the 
Isoetes in order to tell youll about all of them[my ideasl,, but I 
did not reach that zoal. So, you will wonder anyhow and judge me 
lazy. However, I cannot work as continuously as you. I need to 
sleep long hours and go out into the fresh alr frequently to keep 
my health.The thought of past winter has made me quite cautlous. 
On top of this the lectures this winter were more demanding as I 
had many listeners, and besides there is much to do unfortunate- 
ly in the house as my wife bezame ill with pleuresy toward the 
end of the year, scthat she cannot be up the entire day as yet . 
nor leave the room, however we hope that she will regain her 
streneth soon as the sickness has completely zone. My long si - 
lence is thus not based on the reason, which you stated in the 
last 3 or 4 letters so prophetically. 
I begin immediately with the answers to your questions, 
My opinion about the locality where your George C uld best conti- 
nue his studies. I consider the larger universities and speclally 
Berlin better than the small ones. I and you too know of the small 
ones. You will know how difficult is is to maintain oneself at’a 
small university independend and free in view of the so-called 
student-life and its corrüptions., which however is easy at a lar- 
ger university,specially here. Of course, it is more difficult for 
a novice here to make aauaintances, unless he has already aquain- 
tances, but slowly this develops for a studious person in a most 
happy way. Because the common goal and the common serious studying 
brines younz people together. There are here auite a number of 
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