"
"I have seen some things worth remembering. Shall I call on you this
evening and tell you about them?"
"I shall be most happy to see you."
This was the way in which I, the Professor, became acquainted with some
of the leading events of this story. They interested me sufficiently to
lead me to avail myself of all those other extraordinary methods of
obtaining information well known to writers of narrative.
Mr. Langdon seemed to me to have gained in seriousness and strength of
character by his late experiences. He threw his whole energies into his
studies with an effect which distanced all his previous efforts.
Remembering my former hint, he employed his spare hours in writing for
the annual prizes, both of which he took by a unanimous vote of the
judges. Those who heard him read his Thesis at the Medical Commencement
will not soon forget the impression made by his fine personal appearance
and manners, nor the universal interest excited in the audience, as he
read, with his beautiful enunciation, that striking paper entitled
"Unresolved Nebulae in Vital Science.
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