Dueling Dogs?
Otto von Bismarck, enraged by Rudolf Virchow's constant criticism, one day ordered his seconds to arrange a duel. Virchow consented, with a small stipulation:
"As the challenged party, I have the choice of weapons," he explained, "and I choose these two large sausages... One," he continued, "is infected with deadly germs. The other is perfectly sound. Let His Excellency decide which he wishes to eat, and I shall eat the other."
[The chancellor, informed of the meeting, called the duel off with a burst of laughter.]
Virchow, Rudolf (1821-1902) German pathologist and reformist politician, director of Berlin's Pathological Institute [noted for his key role in modernising Berlin] --
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