Word: mommsen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prince Bismarck, in reply to overtures made him by the Berlin Academy, with a view to making him an honorary member, said: "I an astonished any one could suppose I would become the colleague of a Mommsen and a Virchow...
...often laid in the "Uebungen," or practical exercises. There are societies formed for the study of special branches, in which papers are read by the members in rotation, giving the results of special work. The writer knew of one man who prepared a paper for one of Prof. Mommsen's societies, which covered 78 pages of foolscap, written in a painfully fine hand. The number of members in most of these classes is very small compared with the number of applicants, and a name may stand on the list for two years before its bearer finds admittance...
...Prof. Mommsen has been acquitted of a charge of insulting Prince Bismarck...
...Prof. Mommsen is restoring his library and collections in ancient history. He is about to go to Italy to search for inscriptions...