jurisprudentia

Updated: June 23, 2025

For Physics I had no talent; the logical bent of my abilities seemed to point in the direction of the Law; so Jurisprudentia was selected and my studies commenced. The University lectures, as given by Professors Aagesen and Gram, were appalling; they consisted of a slow, sleepy dictation. A death-like dreariness brooded always over the lecture halls.

Georg Morris Cohen Brandes - Recollections of My Childhood and Youth