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Chapter 1

           Asthemassacrecontinuedtheposterswitheredaway,andnocountrywasmoresurprisedthanitssisterrepublicwhentheUnitedStatesbungleditswayintothewar.

           DoctorDiverhadseenaroundtheedgesofthewarbythattime:hewasanOxfordRhodesScholarfromConnecticutin1914.HereturnedhomeforafinalyearatJohnsHopkins,andtookhisdegree.In1916hemanagedtogettoViennaundertheimpressionthat,ifhedidnotmakehaste,thegreatFreudwouldeventuallysuccumbtoanaeroplanebomb.EventhenViennawasoldwithdeathbutDickmanagedtogetenoughcoalandoiltositinhisroomintheDamenstiffStrasseandwritethepamphletsthathelaterdestroyed,butthat,rewritten,werethebackboneofthebookhepublishedinZurichin1920.

           Mostofushaveafavorite,aheroicperiod,inourlivesandthatwasDickDiver’s.Foronethinghehadnoideathathewascharming,thattheaffectionhegaveandinspiredwasanythingunusualamonghealthypeople.InhislastyearatNewHavensomeonereferredtohimas"luckyDick"thenamelingeredinhishead.

           "LuckyDick,youbigstiff,"hewouldwhispertohimself,walkingaroundthelaststicksofflameinhisroom."Youhitit,myboy.Nobodyknewitwastherebeforeyoucamealong."

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