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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
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W. N. P. Barbellion
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I
chanced
to
remark
that
I
thought
torsion
in
gastropods
one
of
the
most
fascinating
and
difficult
problems
in
Zoology.
Why
should
a
snail
be
twisted
round?
"Humph,"
said
he,
"why
do
we
stand
upright?"
I
was
not
such
a
fool
as
to
argue
with
him,
so
pretended
his
reply
was
a
knock-out.
But
it
enabled
me
to
size
him
up
intellectually.
In
the
evening
dined
with
him
at
his
hotel....
He
knows
Wallace
and
Haeckel
personally,
and
I
sat
at
his
feet
with
my
tongue
out
listening
to
personal
reminiscences
of
these
great
men.
However,
he
seemed
never
to
have
heard
of
Gaskell's
Theory
on
the
Origin
of
Vertebrates.
June
27.
Walked
to
V----.
As
usual,
Nature
with
clockwork
regularity
had
all
her
taps
turned
on--larks
singing,
cherries
ripening,
and
bees
humming.
It
all
bored
me
a
little.
Why
doesn't
she
vary
it
a
little?
August
8.
A
cold
note
from
Dr.
----
saying
that
he
cannot
undertake
the
responsibility
of
advising
me
to
give
up
journalism
for
zoology.
A
hellish
cold
in
the
head.
Also
a
swingeing
inflammation
of
the
eyes.
Just
heard
them
singing
in
the
Chapel
over
the
way:
"God
shall
wipe
away
all
tears
from
their
eyes."
Hope
so,
I'm
sure.
August
9.
A
transformation.
After
a
long
series
of
drab
experiences
in
Sheffield,
etc.,
the
last
being
the
climax
of
yesterday,
an
anti-cyclone
arrived
this
morning
and
I
sailed
like
an
Eagle
into
cloudless,
windless
weather!
The
Academy
has
published
my
article,
my
cold
is
suddenly
better,
and
going
down
by
the
sea
this
afternoon
met
Mary
----!
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