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...first thing to be done was to call at the office of the University Richter and get a card admitting me to the matriculation ceremonies, whenever they might take place. I found the office of this functionary without much difficulty, but was unfortunately too late to catch its occupant, it being already past his office-hours, as a placard on the door informed me. Early next morning, therefore, I presented myself again at he office and obtained a card for 2 P.M. the following day. "Slow but sure," I said to myself as I went home again, having finished...
...hurried to the American legation, had the mistake rectified, and was back again in less than an hour; but it was too late, the doors of the Senate-chamber were shut, and knocking seemed to be of no avail. Determined to accomplish something, I went round to the Richter's office to get another card, but his door was likewise impervious. "Crushed again" would have aptly described my feelings as I went back to my lodging. Here I had been already three days at work and was just as far from matriculating as ever. However, although Nil desperandum...
From the reports of these lectures one may easily see that the lecturer is very clever and very earnest, - qualities which should secure a crowded audience, - but we should hardly expect a reader of Richter and Schopenhauer to dub a man "a genius" on one hearing...