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All things considered, administration and teaching seem to 

 make more demands on what people call *the whole man* 

 than pure research does." 



"Thanks for putting it that way, Bill, even if you don't 

 believe it yourself. You're right in guessing that that's about 

 where I've come out. Actually, I couldn't think of leaving 

 science altogether. It's simply my hfe; the way I look at 

 everything from planting my garden to the possibility of 

 immortality is conditioned by my scientific training. If I 

 never did another piece of research in my Hfe, I would 

 always think of myself as a member of the scientific com- 

 munity. 



"I'll probably be writing their Dean in a week or so that 

 I'll take the job. I'll finish out the year here, of course, so 

 you'll have plenty of time to find a replacement. I will miss 

 the gang here in the department, and most of all I'll miss 

 you. Bill. Everything I am professionally and a good deal 

 of what I am as a person I owe to you, and you know it." 



Bill was touched enough to have difficulty in thinking of 

 the right thing to say, so he merely put out his hand and 

 said, "Thanks, Sam, we'll miss you just as much, and thanks 

 too for letting me know so soon." 



After Sam left, Bill had half an hour to transact routine 

 departmental business with Mrs. MacAvoy before going off 

 to the weekly interdepartmental seminar on coding and 

 information. This was something of an experiment directed 

 at bringing together people in the various departments con- 

 cerned with modern information theory. Physics, chemistry, 

 biology, mathematics, and linguistics were always well rep- 

 resented, and there was usually a sprinkling of curiosity 

 seekers and communications theorists from sociology and 

 psychology. 



Today Bill was introducing the distinguished Japanese 



