hicharenotontheexaminationpaper.Indesperationyouseizethebudgetanddumpeverythingout,andthereinaerisyourman,serenelybroodingonhisownprivatethought,unsciousofthecatastrophewhichhehasbroughtuponyou.

    Justthentheproctorinformsyouthatthetimeisup.Withafeelingofintensedisgustyoukickthemassofrubbishintoaerandgohome,yourheadfullofrevolutionaryschemestoabolishthedivinerightofprofessorstoaskquestionswithoutthesentofthequestioned.

    ItesovermethatitwoorthreepagesofthischapterIhaveusedfigureswhichwillturnthelaughagainstme.Ah,heretheyare--themixedmetaphorsmogandstruttingaboutbeforeme,pointingtothebullintheashopassailedbyhailstonesandthebugbearswithpalelooks,anunanalyzedspecies!Letthemmo.Thewordsdescribesoexactlytheatmosphereofjostling,tumblingideasIliveinthatIwillwinkatthemforondputonadeliberateairtosaythatmyideasofcollegehaveged.

    WhilemydaysatRadcliffewerestilliure,theywereencircledwithahaloofromance,whichtheyhavelost;butiransitionfromromantictoactualIhavelearnedmanythingsIshouldneverhaveknownhadInottriedtheexperiment.Ohemistheprecioussceofpatience,whichteachesusthatweshouldtakeoureducationaswewouldtakeawalkinthetry,leisurely,ourmindshospitablyopentoimpressionsofeverysort.Suowledgefloodsthesouluhasouidalwaveofdeepeningthought."Knowledgeispower."Rather,knowledgeishappiness,becausetohaveknowledge--broad,deepknowledge--istoknowtrueendsfromfalse,andloftythingsfromlow.Toknowthethoughtsahathavemarkedmansprogressistofeelthegreatheart-throbsofhumanitythroughtheturies;an