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A PHILOSOPHER he was—there is no doubt about that; but none of the quiet sort who “leave controversy to the little world below them”: he was one of the fighting portion, and while none have known him to step out of his path to avoid a skirmish, he has often gone far from his track for the mere pleasure of picking up some battle. To him life was movement, and a true account of his years should include more than the history of his scientific work. The latter has been reviewed in NATURE for May 30, 1895, and a very full account thereof has been also given by his pupil and friend, Emile Yung, in Revue Scientifique, dated June 22, 1895. M. William Vogt, his son, now proceeds to tell us the essentials of his life; and although the large book before us deals but slightly with the scientific features of the lamented naturalist, still scientific readers will find much in it to interest them, in the way of anecdotes concerning Vogt's relations with men of his time, and letters of the latter.
La Vie d'un Homme: Carl Vogt.
By William Vogt. 4to vol. of 264 pages, with two portraits by Otto Vautier. (Schleicher Brothers, ex -Reinwald. Paris, 1896.)
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DE VARIGNY, H. La Vie d'un Homme: Carl Vogt. Nature 54, 386–388 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054386a0
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