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will naturally attend lectures when not busy with examination. 
The cost is 100 marks ($25) per year, and includes everything. 
The Berlin schools offer advantages in physiology, histology, 
and pathology not equalled by any others. I take it for granted, 
that in other things except those mentioned, the education is 
about the same in France and Germany—such as obstetrics, 
chemistry, physics, zoology, &c. As to admittance at Berlin, or 
to any other German school, the Direction waives any matricu- 
latory examination for foreigners, assuming no man would take 
such a venture who was not fitted, as they will not be so liberal 
about letting one out. It must not be forgotten by the American, 
that this is a military institution, the rules and regulations of 
which resemble those of the Medes and Persians, alluded to in 
the Bible. As to getting out—that is, obtaining a certificate of 
examination, signed by the German Minister of Agriculture—that 
will depend entirely upon the student himself, for they do not 
agree to allow a foreigner an examination unconditionally; the 
student must show himself worthy, and win the esteem of his 
teachers by unceasing diligence and manly conduct, and then he 
will have no difficulty about being recommended to the Minister 
and obtaining an examination—all will depend upon himself. I 
have no doubt that admission can be gained to the French schools 
on like terms, but Mr. Liautard can inform the inquirer better 
than the writer; one thing is sure, they are the only ones which 
will allow a graduate of another school to make an examination, 
without having previously studied a year with them—this is a 
true international scientific spirit. No person can exist and do 
good work in France or Germany at less than $700 per year; and 
it is my opinion, judging from the experiences of an English 
V. S. who is now studying here, that the expense will come 
nearer $1,000 per year, and I cannot recommend any one to 
undertake this experiment who cannot have $4,000 at his com¬ 
mand. One thing I dare not pass over, and that is that the 
temptations of Berlin, to a young and homeless American, are 
something exceeding anything any American city can offer. A 
student is absolutely encompassed by “ Bier und Frauenzimmer,” 
and no parent should allow a son here under 20, unless sure he 
