Hero tales of the far North . was the bleak North in which his young yearshad been set that turned him to the lightas the source of life and healing. He saidit himself: It was because I needed it somuch, I longed for it so. Probably it wasboth. Add to them his unique power ofturning the things of everyday life to ac-count in his scientific research, and onebegins to understand at once his successand his speedy popularity. He dealt withthe humble things of life, and got to theheart of things on that road. And thepeople comprehended; the wise men fellin behind him — sometimes a long waybehind. I
Hero tales of the far North . was the bleak North in which his young yearshad been set that turned him to the lightas the source of life and healing. He saidit himself: It was because I needed it somuch, I longed for it so. Probably it wasboth. Add to them his unique power ofturning the things of everyday life to ac-count in his scientific research, and onebegins to understand at once his successand his speedy popularity. He dealt withthe humble things of life, and got to theheart of things on that road. And thepeople comprehended; the wise men fellin behind him — sometimes a long waybehind. In the yard of Regentsen there grows afamous old linden tree. Standing at hiswindow one day and watching its youngleaf sprout, Finsen saw a cat sunning itselfon the pavement. The shadow of thehouse was just behind it and presentlycrept up on pussy who got up, stretchedherself, and moved into the sunlight. In alittle while the shadow overtook her there,and pussy moved once more. Finsenwatched the shadow rout her out again and. DR. Fix- RK;PU ASTOR, L NIELS FINSEX, THE WOLF-SLAYER 315 again. It was clear that the cat liked thesunlight. A few days later he stood upon a bridgeand saw a little squad of insects sportingon the water. They drifted down happilywith the stream till they came within theshadow of the bridge, when they at oncebegan to work their way up a piece to get afresh start for a sunlight sail. Finsen knewjust how they felt. His own room lookednorth and was sunless ; his work never pros-pered as it did when he sat with a friendwhose room was on the south side, wherethe sun came in. It was warm and pleas-ant ; but was that all ? Was it only thewarmth that made the birds break intosong when the sun came out on a cloudyday, made the insects hum joyously andman himself walk with a more springy step ?The housekeeper who sunned the bed-clothes and looked with suspicion on a darkroom had something else in mind ; the sundisinfected the bedding. Finsen wantedto know w
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