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Try Your Luck with Professor Challenger

           "No,no;you’llseetheletternothingcontentious,Iassureyou."

           "Well,that’smychairanddesk.You’llfindpaperthere.I’dliketocensoritbeforeitgoes."

           Ittooksomedoing,butIflattermyselfthatitwasn’tsuchabadjobwhenitwasfinished.Ireaditaloudtothecriticalbacteriologistwithsomeprideinmyhandiwork.

           "DEARPROFESSORCHALLENGER,"itsaid,"AsahumblestudentofNature,IhavealwaystakenthemostprofoundinterestinyourspeculationsastothedifferencesbetweenDarwinandWeissmann.Ihaverecentlyhadoccasiontorefreshmymemorybyre-reading"

           "Youinfernalliar!"murmuredTarpHenry.

           "byre-readingyourmasterlyaddressatVienna.Thatlucidandadmirablestatementseemstobethelastwordinthematter.Thereisonesentenceinit,howevernamely:‘Iproteststronglyagainsttheinsufferableandentirelydogmaticassertionthateachseparateidisamicrocosmpossessedofanhistoricalarchitectureelaboratedslowlythroughtheseriesofgenerations.Haveyounodesire,inviewoflaterresearch,tomodifythisstatement?Doyounotthinkthatitisover-accentuated?Withyourpermission,Iwouldaskthefavorofaninterview,asIfeelstronglyuponthesubject,andhavecertainsuggestionswhichIcouldonlyelaborateinapersonalconversation.Withyourconsent,Itrusttohavethehonorofcallingateleveno’clockthedayaftertomorrow(Wednesday)morning.

           "Iremain,Sir,withassurancesofprofoundrespect,yoursverytruly,

           EDWARDD.MALONE."

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