Chapter II
General View of Student-Life.—Student-life an admirable field for bringing a young man speedily to a knowledge of life, and to a sense of self-government and self-dependence—Prejudice, especially amongst foreigners, that Students must become exposed to many unpleasantnesses—these groundless—every individual Student independent, and at liberty to associate just as little, or as mach as he pleases with the rest—Equality the law of the German Students—their opinion that the English are the slaves of the Aristocracy—their surprise at the Aristocratic prejudices of the English—Academic freedom dear to every German Student—its value acknowledged by all the greatest men—Influence of the associate life of the Students on their minds and manners— including, as it does, the natives of so many Countries—Chores, or Unions—Landsmannschafts—the Burschenschaft—Wearing of Union Badges forbidden—Public Processions, and Costumes of the Professors