The attractions of financial security, recognition, even wealth and power distract Arrowsmith from his original plan to follow in the footsteps of his first mentor, Max Gottlieb, a brilliant but abrasive bacteriologist.
Privlačnost finansijske sigurnosti, priznanja, čak i bogatstva i moći, odvajaju Arousmita od njegovog prvobitnog plana da se ugleda na svog prvog mentora, Maksa Gotliba, sjajnog ali grubog bakteriologa.