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Show Prof. Mommsen a Philosopher. Prof. Mommsen, the German historian, his-torian, whose flowing white locks caught fira at a gas get in his library a few days ago, is ,85 years old, but has lost little of his physical and none of his mental activity. Twenty years ago he was almost cremated when the valuable library in his house at Char-lottentjurg Char-lottentjurg was destroyed by fire. In the more recent accident his face was somewhat scorched and the professor - remarked whimsically: "It is all over ' with my beauty." |