Word: bruederschaften
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...University town, join the famous "Corps" which are secret organizations formed for the avowed purpose of dueling and drinking. When a man enters one of these federations, he throws aside all possibility of doing anything intellectual. It is a fact well to be borne in mind that these "Bruederschaften" are the only clubs which the students have as a general thing. There are isolated instances of historical clubs and philosophical clubs, as in Berlin and Leipzing. But the paper under discussion, if indeed there is any at all in their meetings soon becomes besmeared with rings of beer from...
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