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98 what I still consider privately my greatest discovery, when I found out that my Senior Professor of Chemistry had an unusually attractive daughter (prolonged laughter and vigorous applause!) a discovery which [[strikethrough]] a few [[/strikethrough]] more years later lead to my most interesting experiment, my marriage. I felt in excellent condition very much encouraged by the cheerful generous mood of the audience and I managed to get thru my addres in about one hour. the meeting adjourning at 11 P.M. [[red underline]] Pierre Mali, [[/red underline]] honorary consul general of Belgium was present. Afterwards we drove home with the [[end page]] [[start page]] 99 Baskervilles, everybody seemed happy and satisfied and [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] told me that her ladies party had had a [[red underline]] very enjoyable [[/red underline]] evening.- I [[red underline]] wish my dear mother could have seen all this. I am glad at least she saw or heard most of my former successes. [[/red underline]] After I came home I felt I would not fall asleep and it was near 4 AM when I finally managed to sleep. June 22. Celine and Nina and Estelle (Wheeler - Mrs Rose) drove all to New York City. Like yesterday's is once again unusually mild weather. Went for lunch to Plaza then they went to Strand Theatre and I went to University Club. There met for first time [[red underline]] Park Benjamin, [[red underline]] whom I soon sized up as a cynical, fault finding, egoistic, nervous