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"This is Avery, Professor  Avery! You must come at once. You will share in it; I owe it all to you ... you will be the first to see ... I am sending a taxi for you  " Professor Eddinger's tired eyes crinkled to a smile. THIS IS AVERY PROFESSOR AVERY YOU MUST COME AT ONCE YOU WILL SHARE IN IT I OWE IT ALL TO YOU YOU WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEE I'M SENDING A TAXI FOR YOU PROFESSOR EDDINGER'S TIRED EYES CRINKLED TO A SMILE
the desk pushed them aside to rest his lean, lined face on one thin hand. The other arm, ending at the wrist, was on the desk before him. [Sidenote: Sadly, sternly, the old professor reveals to his brilliant pupil the greater path to glory.] Students of a great university had long since ceased to speculate about the missing hand. The result of an experiment, they knew--a hand that was a mass of lifeless cells, amputated quickly that the living arm might be saved--but that was some several years ago, ancient history to those who came and went through Professor Eddinger's class room. And now Professor Eddinger was weary--weary and old, he told himself--as he closed his eyes to shut out the sight of the interminable papers and the stubby wrist that had ended forever his experiments and the delicate manipulations which only he could do. He reached slowly for a buzzing phone, but his eyes brightened at the voice that came to him. "I've got it--I've got it!" The words were almost incoherent.  OVER IN THE CARELESS WRITING OF INDIFFERENT STUDENTS WITH THE SYMBOLS OF CHEMISTRY AND LONG MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATIONS THE MAN AT THE DESK PUSHED THEM ASIDE TO REST HIS LEAN LINED FACE ON ONE THIN HAND THE OTHER ARM ENDING AT THE WRIST WAS ON THE DESK BEFORE HIM STUDENTS OF A GREAT UNIVERSITY HAD LONG SINCE CEASED TO SPECULATE ABOUT THE MISSING HAND THE RESULT OF AN EXPERIMENT THEY KNEW A HAND THAT WAS A MASS OF LIFELESS CELLS AMPUTATED QUICKLY THAT THE LIVING ARM MIGHT BE SAVED BUT THAT WAS SOME SEVERAL YEARS AGO ANCIENT HISTORY TO THOSE WHO CAME AND WENT THROUGH PROFESSOR EDINGER'S CLASS ROOM AND NOW PROFESSOR EDINGER WAS WEARY WEARY AND OLD HE TOLD HIMSELF AS HE CLOSED HIS EYES TO SHUT OUT THE SIGHT OF THE INTERMINABLE PAPERS AND THE STUBBY WRIST THAT HAD ENDED FOREVER HIS EXPERIMENTS AND THE DELICATE MANIPULATIONS WHICH ONLY HE COULD DO HE REACHED SLOWLY FOR A BUZZING FORM BUT HIS EYES BRIGHTENED AT THE VOICE THAT CAME TO HIM I'VE GOT IT I'VE GOT IT THE WORDS WERE ALMOST INCOHERENT
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