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"It has been arranged that the dinner which the Modern Languages
Association had intended to give to Professor Rudolf Eucken, of
Jena, on the occasion of his forthcoming visit to England to
lecture before the Association, shall be amalgamated with the
public dinner arranged by the Committee of Friends and Admirers
of Professor Eucken."--_Morning Post._
_Professor Eucken (at last giving way)_: "What _is_ this, waiter?"
_Waiter (confidentially)_: "Another little amalgamation, Sir. The Modern
Languages' ice pudding and the Friends and Admirers' soft roes on
toast."
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