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afraid that he would not be able to command the attention of the 

 students. He also feared that his lectures would not be well attended, 

 because his subject was not compulsory for the examinations. Since 

 he frequently suffered from mental fatigue, he thought that he would 

 have to resign after a year. The telegram of congratulations from his 

 sister Henriette he never answered at all! 



The managing board of the Yeast and Spirit Works once more 

 showed great liberality by placing at his disposal the laboratory of the 

 factory during the time that the bacteriological laboratory was being 

 built. " 



On September 26th, 1895, at the Polytechnical School, BEIJERINCK 

 gave his inaugural address, entitled: "De biologische wetenschap en 

 de bacteriologie" >). 



l ) "Biological Science and Bacteriology". ( f. Verzamelde Geschriften 3, p. 154. 



