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Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911_002
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Alternative Title
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Letters, July 12th, 1911
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Date
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July 12th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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2 Schrüter of the Polytechnican called at the hotel for us for a visit to his school & dinner at his house. He is a delightful man of 56 with long hair curling in his neck, slouch hat & general air of negligée, quite in contrast with Dr. Rübel’s fresh timness. He brought me a “greeting from the Alps” in the shape of a nosegay of rhododendrum. The contrast between German universities & ours is marked. Of course, in the universities, here, the students are comparable to our post-graduates. The work, however, is mostly lecture & very little “practicum” (laboratory), whereas we have just the reverse. The meal offered us was simple but very homelike, with only one meat & real cream ! the first we have seen. Fortunately for Fritz who is very shy with his German, our hosts talk & understand English exceedingly well, both can speak & understand some five or six languages. Monday: July 17- Avers-Cresta . My-oh! how the time has got away from me. Here we are almost six thousand feet high, in the quiet spot I spoke of seeking. It is by
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Rights
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