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  ANNUAL 
  EEPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
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  results. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  long 
  before 
  Doctor 
  Mitchell 
  interested 
  the 
  

   National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  which 
  made 
  contributions 
  from 
  the 
  

   Bache 
  Fund 
  to 
  extend 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  investigation, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  

   later 
  he 
  interested 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  Institution 
  of 
  Washington, 
  which 
  

   made 
  liberal 
  grants. 
  As 
  each 
  special 
  topic 
  of 
  research 
  was 
  completed 
  

   it 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Pennsylvania 
  Medical 
  Bulletin 
  

   or 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  finally 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  studies 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  were 
  

   brought 
  together 
  in 
  a 
  handsome 
  volume, 
  freely 
  illustrated, 
  brought 
  out 
  

   by 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  Institution. 
  Noguchi 
  undertook 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  

   this 
  volume 
  in 
  English, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  tribute 
  to 
  his 
  talents 
  as 
  a 
  linguist 
  

   that 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  almost 
  herculean 
  task 
  the 
  editorial 
  revision 
  

   required 
  was 
  not 
  great. 
  This 
  writing 
  facility 
  persisted 
  and 
  was 
  per- 
  

   fected 
  as 
  the 
  years 
  went 
  on. 
  Noguchi 
  came 
  to 
  produce 
  English 
  

   manuscripts 
  not 
  only 
  as 
  readily 
  as 
  a 
  trained 
  English 
  writer 
  but 
  even 
  

   more 
  quickly 
  than 
  most 
  writers, 
  and 
  he 
  would 
  write 
  clearly 
  under 
  

   considerable 
  pressure 
  of 
  work 
  and 
  time. 
  His 
  powers 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  

   were 
  distinctly 
  unusual, 
  since 
  he 
  wrote 
  weU 
  and 
  accurately 
  at 
  periods 
  

   when 
  his 
  days 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  arduous 
  laboratory 
  work 
  and 
  his 
  nights 
  

   to 
  little 
  sleep. 
  His 
  last 
  finished 
  large 
  work, 
  namely, 
  the 
  remarkable 
  

   monograph 
  on 
  trachoma, 
  was 
  produced 
  under 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  stress, 
  

   while 
  he 
  was 
  preparing 
  for 
  the 
  African 
  expedition. 
  

  

  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  Noguchi 
  was 
  highly 
  gifted 
  as 
  an 
  

   investigator 
  nor 
  that 
  his 
  true 
  medium 
  of 
  research 
  was 
  the 
  biological 
  

   field. 
  He 
  was 
  fortunate 
  in 
  entering 
  it 
  at 
  a 
  rewarding 
  period 
  of 
  bac- 
  

   teriological 
  and 
  immunological 
  advance. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  

   his 
  peculiar 
  talent 
  in 
  meeting 
  obstacles 
  and 
  overcoming 
  them 
  by 
  

   insight 
  and 
  technical 
  skill 
  would 
  have 
  brought 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  at 
  

   another 
  period, 
  and 
  in 
  another 
  branch 
  of 
  biological 
  investigation. 
  

   Noguchi's 
  exceptional 
  powers 
  arose 
  from 
  a 
  threefold 
  union 
  of 
  natural 
  

   abilities 
  : 
  he 
  was 
  gifted 
  with 
  a 
  clear, 
  apprehensive 
  mind 
  ; 
  his 
  technical 
  

   skill 
  was 
  phenomenal; 
  his 
  industry 
  was 
  extraordinary. 
  His 
  per- 
  

   spicacious 
  intellect 
  enabled 
  him 
  to 
  state 
  a 
  problem 
  sharply; 
  his 
  re- 
  

   sourcefulness 
  in 
  devising 
  means 
  to 
  ends 
  prevented 
  him 
  from 
  being 
  

   blocked 
  by 
  methodical 
  obstacles; 
  his 
  inexhaustible 
  industry 
  and 
  

   physical 
  prowess, 
  which 
  often 
  made 
  virtually 
  two 
  days 
  of 
  one, 
  

   immensely 
  extended 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  his 
  activities. 
  If 
  we 
  add 
  to 
  this 
  

   formidable 
  list 
  of 
  qualities 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  his 
  mind 
  was 
  many 
  tracked, 
  

   in 
  the 
  sense 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  keep 
  several 
  major 
  problems 
  moving 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time, 
  we 
  may 
  begin 
  to 
  get 
  an 
  insight 
  into 
  the 
  secrets 
  which 
  

   determined 
  Noguchi's 
  remarkable 
  productivity, 
  which 
  tended 
  to 
  

   become 
  speedier 
  as 
  the 
  years 
  advanced 
  and 
  experience 
  became 
  richer. 
  

   To 
  a 
  visitor 
  who 
  happened 
  into 
  his 
  laboratory 
  late 
  at 
  night 
  and 
  

   inquired 
  whether 
  he 
  ever 
  went 
  home 
  he 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  replied, 
  

   "Home? 
  Why 
  this 
  is 
  my 
  home." 
  

  

  