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Show Prof. Haeckel ts Modest. To escapo onerous congratulations on tho occasion of lilu seventieth birthday, Prof. Ernest Hacckol has boon spondlng the winter at Rnjiallo, tn tho French lllvlcra. He is as active ac-tive as a man of 40. In a recent letter y Hacckol protests against being called Mjr a 'savant. Germany, hu says, "Is full vt professors who i.ro moro learned, who hnvo read moro books than I hnvo. My llfolong nisi has boon particularly par-ticularly to study ono big book nature." v .. -, .- - - ' |