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    on the other hand,
    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."

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