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Chapter 4

           “Thesituationwascritical. TheexplosionsofthepowdermagazineshadbrokenallthewindowsoftheChemistryBuilding,sothatwewereexposedtothegermsfromthecorpses. Thesanitarycommitteewascalledupontoact,anditrespondednobly. Twomenwererequiredtogooutandremovethecorpses,andthismeanttheprobablesacrificeoftheirownlives,for,havingperformedthetask,theywerenottobepermittedtoreenterthebuilding. Oneoftheprofessors,whowasabachelor,andoneoftheundergraduatesvolunteered. Theybadegood-byetousandwentforth.Theywereheroes. Theygaveuptheirlivesthatfourhundredothersmightlive. Aftertheyhadperformedtheirwork,theystoodforamoment,atadistance,lookingatuswistfully. Thentheywavedtheirhandsinfarewellandwentawayslowlyacrossthecampustowardtheburningcity. 

           “Andyetitwasalluseless. Thenextmorningthefirstoneofuswassmittenwiththeplaguealittlenurse-girlinthefamilyofProfessorStout. Itwasnotimeforweak-kneed,sentimentalpolicies. Onthechancethatshemightbetheonlyone,wethrustherforthfromthebuildingandcommandedhertobegone. 

           “Shewentawayslowlyacrossthecampus,wringingherhandsandcryingpitifully. Wefeltlikebrutes,butwhatwerewetodo? Therewerefourhundredofus,andindividualshadtobesacrificed. 

           “Inoneofthelaboratoriesthreefamilieshaddomiciledthemselves,andthatafternoonwefoundamongthemnolessthanfourcorpsesandsevencasesoftheplagueinallitsdifferentstages. 

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