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I Thus Decided To Leave The University Forever And Tried To Find An Industrial Job In The United States.

I Became Almost Immediately Fascinated By The Possibilities Of Trying Out All Conceivable Reactions With Them, Some Leading To Explosions, Others To Unbearable Poisoning Of The Air In Our House, Frightening My Parents.

In Recent Years, More And More Of My Time Has Become Absorbed By Administrative Work For The Research Council Of Eth-z Of Which I Am Presently The President.

My Father, Robert Ernst, Was Teaching As An Architect At The Technical High School Of Our City.

However, I Survived And Started To Read All Chemistry Books That I Could Get A Hand On, First Some 19th Century Books From Our Home Library That Did Not Provide Much Reliable Information, And Then I Emptied The Rather Extensive City Library.