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The Malady of the Century

CHAPTER XIV
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There were no more.

In the two last volumes there was no more mention of Eynhardt.

After the publication of the first volume, the young man whose name adorned the title-page received a call to a public school, of which he now forms one of the chief ornaments.

To various inquiries with regard to a concluding volume which should treat of the nineteenth century, he replied by pointing out the doubtful wisdom of a history or criticism of hypotheses and opinions which were as yet incomplete and still under discussion, and put them off with vague promises for the future.
Schrotter only shrugged his shoulders.

He knew Wilhelm's views on the subject of posthumous fame, and the immortality of the individual, and considered it inexpedient to punish the clever young professor for being a man like the rest.
About three months after Wilhelm's death Schrotter received one more letter from Auguste.


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