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"I recall that a man by the name of Clark Savage recently did some remarkable work along lines of ultimate
organic analysis," he said. "His findings were so advanced in part as to be somewhat bewildering. Some
points about chemistry generally accepted as facts were proven wrong by Clark Savage."

Jerome Coffern nodded delightedly, rubbing his rather bony hands.

"That is correct," he declared. "I am proud to point to myself as one of the few chemists to realize Doc
SavageтАЩs findings are possibly the most important of our generation."

At this juncture, another chemist gave an appreciable start.

"Doc Savage!" he ejaculated. "Say, isnтАЩt that the man who some weeks ago turned over to the surgical
profession a new and vastly improved method of performing delicate brain operations?"

"That is the same Doc Savage." Jerome CoffernтАЩs none-too-ample chest seemed about to burst with pride.

"Whew!" exploded another man. "It is highly unusual for one man to be among the worldтАЩs greatest experts in
two lines so widely different as chemistry and surgery."

Jerome Coffern chuckled. "You would be more astounded were you to know Doc Savage fully. The man is a
mental marvel. He has contributed new discoveries to more than surgery and chemistry. Electricity,
archaeology, geology and other lines have received the benefit of his marvelous brain. He has a most
amazing method of working."

Pausing, Jerome Coffern gazed steadily at the assembled men. He wanted them to understand he was not
exaggerating.

"As I say, Doc Savage has a most amazing method of working," he continued. "At intervals, Savage
vanishes. No one knows where he goes. He simply disappears as completely as though he had left the earth.
And when he returns, he nearly always has one or more new and incredible scientific discoveries to give to
the world.

"It is obvious Doc Savage has a wonderful laboratory at some secret spot where he can work in solitude.
Nobody can even guess where it is. But any scientific man would give half a lifetime to inspect that
laboratory, so remarkable must it be."

The eminent chemist smiled from ear to ear. "And I will add more. You will, perhaps, find it hard to believe. I
have said Doc Savage is a mental marvel. Well, he is also a muscular marvel as well. He has a body as
amazing as his brain.

"His strength and agility are incredible. Why, for Doc Savage it is childтАЩs play to twist horseshoes, bend silver
half-dollars between thumb and forefinger and tear a New York telephone directory in half.

"Were Doc Savage to become a professional athlete, there is no doubt in my mind but that he would be the
wonder of all time. But he will not employ his astounding strength to earn money, because he is one of those
very rare personsтАФa genuinely modest man. Publicity and world-wide fame do not interest him at all."

Jerome Coffern halted abruptly, realizing his enthusiasm was getting away with his dignity. He reddened.