The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20
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and ficrccst mammals. SIN exist"
tCries OF "Bosh" prove tN' "tluW
do YOU know "ouosiionrl "ilow
DO I know. sou AJAX moG l know. be
cause / have visited their secret
haunts. know because have seen
some OF them" Applause, uprour
and voice. "IAargl "Am ] liarF'
General hearty and noisy asscnt)
"pid / bear someone say that ] was
a larf VIII the person who called
mo a liar kindly stand up that ] may
know hiulg- "a voice. Here he Is,
slrr' aud an inoffcnsiyo little person
n spectaclcs, struggling violently,
was held up among a group II stu
dentsl "pid you venture 10 call me
a llar7f C'No, sir, nor shouted the
accused. and disappeared Ike Jack
ln-the.boxl III any person In this
hall darcs 10 doubt my voraeity. !
shall be glad Go have a few words
with him after the lecture" C'LiarF1
who said thatg' tAgain the inof-
fcnslyc ono plunging desperately.
was elevated high into the nirl III
come down among you" General
chorus OF "COmc. love. conner which
Interrupted the proceedings FOR some
moments. while the chairman. stand
ing up and waving both his arms.
seemed 10 b conducting tho music,
The Professor, with his face flushed,
his nostrils dilated, and hia beard
bristllng. was now in a proper Der.
scrk moody EVERY great diseovercr
has been met with tho same iuercd
urty-the sure brand ~ a generation
OF fools. when great facts arc laid
before you, you have not the intui
ton. the Imagination which would
help you TO understand them. You
can only throw mud az the men who
have risked their lives 20 open new
fields 20 science. You persccuto the
prophets! Calico. Darwin and -"
prolonged cheering and complete
interrupuonl
All this Is from my hurried notes
taken az tho time. which give little
notion OF the absolute chaos 90 which
the assembly had by this time been
reduced. so terrific was the uproar
that several ladies had already beaten
4 hurried retreat Grave and rrvcr.
end seniors seemed 20 have caught
the prevailing spirit as badly as the
students, and saw white.bcar,ied
men rising and shaking their fists NJ
tho ohdurate Professor. The whole
great audience aecthed and simmcrrd
like boiling pot. The Professor
took a step forward and raised both
his hands. There was something so
biz and arrostiug and ylrilo In the
man that the clatter and shouting
died gradually away before hts COM
handing gesture and his masterful
eyes. Ho seemed TO have definite
message. Thoy hushed 10 hear u.
Il viii not detain you" 10 said.
1T Is not worth Il. Truth 80 truth.
and tho noise Of number % foolish
young mru--and. fear I must add.
OF their equally foolish scniors--can'
no, affect the matter, claim that
7 have opened new field OF science
You dispute a." tCheorSl Then ]
pu, you 20 the test. VIII you accrcdit
ono or more Of your own number 70
20 out IA your representatives and
test my statement ia your manner
Mr.. summeriee. the veteran Pro
fcssor Of Comparative Anatomy. rosr
among the audience. a tall. thin, DIT,
ter man. with the withcrcd aspect o.
thsoioglnn. He wished he said. TO
ask Professor Challenger whether tho
results 10 which hc had alluded IN
bis remarks had been obtained dur.
Ing n journey 90 the hcadwaters OF
tho Amazon made by him two years
before.
Professor Challenger answered
that they had
Mr.. Summarize desired 10 know
how il was that Professor Challenger
claimed % have made discoveries in
those regions which had been over
looked by Wallace. Bates and other
previous explorers OF established SCI
entific rcputc.
Professor Challenger answered that
SIR. Summeriec appeared to DO con-
! fusing the Amazon with the Thames;
that Il was in reality somewhat
larger river: that Mr. Summarize
might DO interested to know that
with 81. some 30 thousand miles Of
country were opened up. and that IN
so vast a space II was not impossible
for ono person TO find what another
had missed.
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