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A German Professor’s Trip to El Dorado

JAN 01, 1992
Boltzmann spent the summer of 1905 smuggling wine into Berkeley, dining at the elbow of William Randolph Hearst’s mother and generally having a wonderful time in California.
Ludwig Boltzmann

Having been to Constantinople, Athens, Smyrna and Algiers, and several times to America, I’ve been urged repeatedly to publish accounts of some of my travels. But it all seemed to me too insignificant. My recent trip to California, however, was something quite exquisite. So I will venture a little chat about it.

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