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Chapter 27

           Hehadbeenperturbedalwaysbyafeelingofunrest,hadheardalwaysthecallofsomethingfrombeyond,andhadwanderedonthroughlifeseekingituntilhefoundbooksandartandlove. Andherehewas,inthemidstofallthis,theonlyoneofallthecomradeshehadadventuredwithwhocouldhavemadethemselveseligiblefortheinsideoftheMorsehome. 

           ButsuchthoughtsandvisionsdidnotpreventhimfromfollowingProfessorCaldwellclosely. Andashefollowed,comprehendinglyandcritically,henotedtheunbrokenfieldoftheother’sknowledge. Asforhimself,frommomenttomomenttheconversationshowedhimgapsandopenstretches,wholesubjectswithwhichhewasunfamiliar. Nevertheless,thankstohisSpencer,hesawthathepossessedtheoutlinesofthefieldofknowledge. Itwasamatteronlyoftime,whenhewouldfillintheoutline. Thenwatchout,hethought’wareshoal,everybody! Hefeltlikesittingatthefeetoftheprofessor,worshipfulandabsorbent; but,ashelistened,hebegantodiscernaweaknessintheother’sjudgmentsaweaknesssostrayandelusivethathemightnothavecaughtithaditnotbeeneverpresent. Andwhenhedidcatchit,heleapttoequalityatonce. 

           Ruthcameuptothemasecondtime,justasMartinbegantospeak. 

           "I’lltellyouwhereyouarewrong,or,rather,whatweakensyourjudgments,"hesaid. "Youlackbiology. Ithasnoplaceinyourschemeofthings. Oh,Imeantherealinterpretativebiology,fromthegroundup,fromthelaboratoryandthetest-tubeandthevitalizedinorganicrightonuptothewidestaestheticandsociologicalgeneralizations." 

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