AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2874, 10 June 1882, Page 2

AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER.

Herr Cohen, professor of mental science, having received noticejrom the German Chancellor to present himself at Schrimm (Prussia); for . militaryservice under the conscription, has; returned the following reply : My Dear Bismark.—l feel highlyflattered by your kind invitation ad—dressed to me at Dolziz, my native towhi to join the German array, but am afraidl T shall not be able to accept it, for I ana now in England engaged in the more useful work (as I consider it) of expounding mental science and teaching people how to make the best use of, their faculties, Eor the same reason scarcely feel myself at liberty to accepts oven the hospitality of six months” board and; lodging at the expense of thei State, which you considerately oiler. a& an alternative, I much prefer basking" in the sunshine of English liberty to being forced despotically into military 5 servitude in my own country. I havealtogether given up fighting since I leftschool. Ido hot know that I have, anything, to fight about now, and: I hardly care to engage in ing at anyone else’s bidding. If you have _ a quarrel with anybody' I would advise you to settle it amicably if possible, or else fight it out yourself. If you have “fixed up” the army, and you can make it convenient to run oyer # at any time to one of my phrenological * lectures, I shall bo happy to point out , the superiority of life in England, andi explain the nature and utility of the, at; I say, more useful work which I ami ongagod in > a nd I will examine yourr head either publicly or privately free of charge. With kind regards to th „ Governor—l remain, yours faith£u v .__ Gustavus Cohen. -“J