GERMAN LONGEVITY.
It is interesting to recall the extraordinary" longevity of the three founders of the German Empire. William I. was 91, Moltke was also 91, Bismarck was 83. But, indeed, all the most illustrious Germans of the latter half of the century have been longlived. • Ranke wa5 ....91, Curtius was 72,Mommsen is 81. The poet Geibel was 70,Wagner was 70, Liszt 75, and the present Chancellor is 77.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6289, 21 September 1898, Page 2
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