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Enthusiasm like this was rare among his youngsters. But Avery  with the face of a poet, a dreamer's eyes and the mind of a scientist  good boy, Avery!  a long time since he had seen him  had him in his own laboratory for two years.... "What's this all about?" he asked. ENTHUSIASM LIKE THIS WAS READ AMONG HIS YOUNGSTERS BUT AVERY WITH THE FACE OF A POET A DREAMER'S EYES AND THE MIND OF A SCIENTIST GOOD BOY AVERY A LONG TIME SINCE HE HAD SEEN HIM HAD HIM IN HIS OWN LABORATORY FOR TWO YEARS WHAT'S US ALL ABOUT HE ASKED
eater 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. "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.  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 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
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