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The Exploiters and the Exploited
Butnothinghadbeenallowedtocometoocloseanddetractfromthebuilding’sausterity.
Thewhitemarbleofthewallsgaveitaclassicalgrandeur;thecompositionofitsrectangularmassesgaveitthecleanlinessandbeautyofamodernplant.Itwasaninspiredstructure.Fromacrosstheriver,peoplelookedatitwithreverenceandthoughtofitasamonumenttoalivingmanwhosecharacterhadthenobilityofthebuilding’slines.
Overtheentrance,adedicationwascutintothemarble:"Tothefearlessmind.Totheinviolatetruth."Inaquietaisle,inabarecorridor,asmallbrassplate,suchasdozensofothernameplatesonotherdoors,said:Dr.RobertStadler.
Attheageoftwenty-seven,Dr.RobertStadlerhadwrittenatreatiseoncosmicrays,whichdemolishedmostofthetheoriesheldbythescientistswhoprecededhim.Thosewhofollowed,foundhisachievementsomewhereatthebaseofanylineofinquirytheyundertook.
Attheageofthirty,hewasrecognizedasthegreatestphysicistofhistime.Atthirty-two,hebecameheadoftheDepartmentofPhysicsofthePatrickHenryUniversity,inthedayswhenthegreatUniversitystilldeserveditsglory.ItwasofDr.RobertStadlerthatawriterhadsaid:"Perhaps,amongthephenomenaoftheuniversewhichheisstudying,noneissomiraculousasthebrainofDr.RobertStadlerhimself."ItwasDr.RobertStadlerwhohadoncecorrectedastudent:"Freescientificinquiry?Thefirstadjectiveisredundant.
