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ward resumed my connection with the Univer- 

 sity. 



All this has been told in order to trace the 

 route that I have followed ; for it has led to a kind 

 of study that was not in any way anticipated. 



This has grown to be an absorbing interest, 

 almost to the exclusion of other fields of investi- 

 gation. Yet I feel sure that the years of prepara- 

 tion, what Huxley calls " Die Lehrjahre," were an 

 essential part of an equipment which alone would 

 qualify me for a more original field of research. 



