human
I always appreciate it, he began abruptly, not attempting to deny that he was a busy man,
gpt
Thinks I'm a boor and a brute,
human
What I wanted to see you about, he began,
gpt
Ah, yes--poor Hubers. A remarkable man, in many ways. It is one of those things which make one--very sad. We wanted him to go on with his lectures, but he did not seem to feel quite equal to it.
human
Huh! --that might mean a variety of things. The tone of patronage infuriated Karl's friend.
gpt
Jealous--sore--glad Karl's out of it,
human
Well, the fact of the matter is, that among all medical men, and in that part of the scientific world which I may call the active part--the only part of any real value--Karl Hubers is regarded so far above every other man who ever set foot in this university that all the rest of the place is looked upon as something which surrounds him. Over in Europe, they say--Chicago?--University of Chicago? Oh, yes--yes indeed, I remember now. That's where Hubers is.'
gpt
The professor, as Dr. Parkman frequently insisted on calling him, showed himself capable of a rush of red blood to the face, and of a very human engulfing of emotion in a hurried cough.
human
Ah, I see you are a warm friend, Dr. Parkman, quickly regaining his impenetrable superiority, and smiling tolerantly.
gpt
But looking at it quite dispassionately, putting aside sympathy and all personal feeling, I have sometimes felt that Dr. Hubers, in spite of his--I may say gifts, in some directions, is a little lacking in that broad culture, that finer quality of universal scholarship which should dominate the ideal university man of to-day.
human
I see what you mean, Professor, though I would put it a little differently. I wouldn't call him in the least lacking in broad culture, but he is rather lacking in pedantry, in limitations, in intellectual snobbery, in university folderols. And of course a man who is actually doing something in the world, who stands for real achievement, has a little less time to look after the fine quality of universal scholarship.
gpt
But as to this great achievement--it has never been forthcoming, has it?