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Ref No	WIA GC/26963
Title	Warburg, Fritz to Warburg, Aby 23/02/1898
Writer	Warburg, Fritz
Place1	Hamburg
Recipient	Warburg, Aby
Date	23/02/1898
DateNote	FC
Format	manuscript
Contents	informs him that he passed his oral exams; he is now one of the new crop of 'muli'; Professor [Richard] Hoche was very gentle with his questions, the teachers were all very decent; thanks everybody who took such an interest in his school career; he improved his French, enjoyed the lessons with Jacoby and Bottiger; does not know which way to turn to train for a profession; he is quite interested in becoming a merchant, a businessman, is impressed by the family firm and values the 'honourable' way in which it makes money; he is quite interested in reading law but can anybody take part in the scientific progress of humankind without a science degree?; he is not very enthusiastic about the idea of starting a university course as he fears antisemitism and with it isolation

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