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vote himself preferentially to a branch of them.-The only thing, 
which attracts him now is ornithology, hunting, which he loves and 
for which he endures devotion and hardships gladly;I, therefor, can- 
not take hope, that he will devote himself with love and sacrlifice 
to a branch of Natural Sciences; howeveran inspriration may come 
later.- 
For a number of reasons it may be better p=rhaps, if he went 
for one or two years to a local school of Medicine.- But I hope for 
the thorough teaching over there and also, that through contact by 
accident his perception of the Natural Sciences could be opened. 
At the same time I fear the local puerile abd immoral behaviour of 
the young people, and would be zlad to get him away from this,eroups 
ard societies,ete, into which he is beginning to be introduced a 
ittle now - heis 19.1/3 years old. 
Universities of small tomns,e.z. Heidelberg, I fear on account 
of the goings on of silasstne larze ones, Vienna and Berlin and 
others on account of moral attitude.- Of course, you will say correct- 
ly, the young man must have it in him;If he lacks inner solldity and 
firmness, if he is frivolous and bent on pleasure, the occasion will 
offer itself any place.- In Berlin he would have you and yours.- 
Tell me some about this.-We have lost in 6-7 years here 3,000 to Cho- 
lera out of 200,000. Very few from the best social classes, and yet 
the people of the working class live well here. 
Greetine to yours 
Your G. Engelmann 
( translated from German script by Edgar Denison 
St. Louis, Mo. January 5,1988) 
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