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^'^arch 18, 1880 
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the lone-er the better. .1 have a home nam?rer, a Miss Drach, sister 
if the enß-ineer Drach in Karl sruhe, the hijsband of Mathilde Zimmer* s 
daufl-hter, who is traffic director in Karlsruhe, who does the house - 
keepin^ and looks after the children.. Unf ortunately .much is not a& 
she was so outstanding as raine.. Our family life is impoveri shedB and 
our Spiritual verve. . Mathild e, , 19 7fears old, is the oldest dau^hter,, 
is still too withdrawn. shr/ not made for the impact of business nad 
household.but rather for lans^uajsce studies^, she is not yet capable,, 
to direct the household and all that Roes with it,to handle by her- 
seif Dl ^Dhtheria, which she had when 2 years old,, robbed her/of the 
of the vierour in contact with the outer world; her lep^s were lame 
for almost \ year, . Mathilda strives much to compensate for the im- 
^d«d iments. which bürden her and is specially attentive to me,but 
profirress is very slow. Hans is in Unter secunda ( the 3rd year be- 
fore ending the gymnasiijuir' Studie s, E.D.)iquite fit, practical and of 
a good natura» • Unfortunately, he does not know, what he wants to be- 
come». His great inclination toward mineralogy has beerr suppressedJ 
un^ortunately through school work.. Marie, 10 years old, is a heal- 
thy, very-^kind child',resembling her mother-, though not as gifted,, the 
darling oc^all! who get to meet her. . Unf ortunately, the glands of the 
throat and the mucous membrances- are highly sensitive, just as with 
my late wifet-and causeAn me/apprehensionr/ I wished,that it would 
be soon possible for Mathilda to take over the household.- 
In the Winter of 78/79 I advanced the plants of the < 
desert a good deal - there are rather many in private collectiona 
here.though they are generally very rare and hardly 1/10 % of the 
endemic ones. G!nQKgert*s Originals, belonging now to the State, I 
have in hands-,.. f or treatment. . 
d^5ired..A wife cannot be substituted by anythin^, especially, wherr 
