LIFE OF ELIE METCHNIKOFF 95 



called me elsewhere, offered me my liberty, urging 

 that I had a moral right to it. The nobility of his 

 attitude was the best safeguard. ... As years went 

 on, our lives became more and more united ; we lived 

 in deep communion of souls, for we had reached that 

 stage of mutual comprehension when darkness flees 

 and all is light. 



