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a very drooping black moustache and his
hair stands out in the back of his neck like
a [fill?] of some [?]. His tongue seems to
be too large for his mouth and gives this
speech an odd [clucking?] quality that makes
him hard to follow. He has a way of
making dreary jokes with an almost [?]
expression of [?].

This is what I am doing. I am
taking lectures in Physiology, [?], Biology
Mammalian Anatomy and Morphology [??]
a week in all, of which six are in
Morphology – with Dr. [Brooks?]. Every afternoon but
Sat. and Sunday share [these?/three?] hours of laboratory
work divided between PHysiology and Morphology.

Professor M[?] insists on calling
the great-plant a "[?]" and tells his
class that "P[?] m[?]" "breaks up
into eight cells each of eight [?]". He
does not [?] right. I am merely taking
his [?] because he gives them – not because
I am expecing to learn much. He
welcomed me cordially – for him – when I