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knew only the man could prophesy the quality of his work. 
One recognizes qualities of the ideal investigator in his zeal 
for the truth, no matter whose theories suffer, his openness 
to conviction, and his freedom from petty jealousy. He has 
Pronounced views on disputed questions, and decided opin- 
ions of the work of others; yet one soon comes to feel that 
there is none of his views that cannot instantly be given up, 
and none of his opinions that cannot be modified when the 
accumulation of evidence shows it to be necessary. If he 
sifts evidence most critically and demands that it be ample, 
one feels so much the more confidence in his conclusions. 
His quick, nervous manner is in marked contrast to the 
usual phlegmatic calmness of the native German, and is some- 
times brusque to the verge of abruptness. But one quickly 
learns that this is. but the expression of his intense earnest- 
hess and concentration upon the subject in mind, to the ex- Oe 
clusion of all non-essentials. Finally, one’s admiration daily Nis 
creases as his marvelous grasp of the whole field of morph- eg 
ology and physiology is brought out by the discussion of the oo 
problems constantly arising in the laboratory. One recog- ie 
nizes a growing consciousness of the presence of a master 
mind, and a growing delight in contact with it. It is the pos- 
sibility of the free development of such minds and of the fru- 
ition in them of the true scientific spirit in an atmosphere of 
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