_Right Frontal Brain Lobe._ _Manservant._ _Crowd of Villagers, Reflexes, Complexes, and Mental Processes._ The first scene is, according to the decorated caption: "IN THE HARVARD COLLEGE STUDY OF HENRY ADAMS, SCION OF AN OLD NEW ENGLAND FAMILY, THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BIG CEREBRAL FUNCTION OF HIS YOUNG MANHOOD." Henry Adams, a Junior, is discovered sitting at his desk in his room in Holworthy Hall. He has a notebook on the Glacial Period and Palæontology open in front of him. He is thinking of his Education. (_Flash-back showing courses taken since Freshman year. Pianist plays "Carry Me Back to Old Virginie."_) He bites his under lip and turns a page of his notes. Caption: "DOES TRANSCENDENTALISM HOLD THE KEY?... I WONDER...." (_Fade-out showing him biting his upper lip, still thinking_.) The second scene is laid in Rome. Caption: "HERE, AFTER A YEAR'S WANDERING THROUGH THE HAPPY, SMILING LANDS OF EUROPE, COMES YOUNG HENRY ADAMS IN HIS SEARCH FOR EDUCATION. AND NOW, IN THE SHADOW OF ANCIENT ROME, HE FINDS PEACE, BUT NOT THAT PEACE FOR WHICH HE SOUGHT." [Illustration: "Thrilling moment in 'The Education of Henry Adams.'"] He is discovered sitting on a rock among the ruins of the Capitol, thinking. He tosses a pebble from one hand to another and scowls. The shadows deepen, and he rises, passing his hand across his brow. (_Flash-back showing the Latin verbs which govern the dative case. Pianist plays: "The March of the Jolly Grenadiers."_) He walks slowly to the _Museo Nazionale_, where he stands pondering before a statue of Venus, thinking about Roman art and history--and about his Education. Caption: "CAN ALL THIS BE FITTED INTO A TIME-SEQUENCE? CAN RIENZI, GARIBALDI. TIBERIUS GRACCHUS, AURELIAN, ANY OF THESE FAMOUS NAMES OF ROME, BE ADAPTED TO A SYSTEMATIC SCHEME OF EVOLUTION? NO, NO ... A THOUSAND TIMES, NO!" He sinks down on a rock and weeps bitterly. The next scene is in England and our hero is found sitting at a desk in his study in London. He is gazing into space--thinking. Caption: "AND SO, ALL THROUGH THE LONG, WEARY SUMMER, HENRY ADAMS SAT, HEAD IN HAND, WONDERING IF DARWIN WAS RIGHT. TO HIM THE GLACIAL EPOCH SEEMED LIKE A YAWNING CHASM BETWEEN A UNIFORMITARIAN WORLD AND HIMSELF. IF THE GLACIAL PERIOD WERE UNIFORMITY, WHAT WAS CATASTROPHE?... AND TO THIS QUESTION, THE COOL OF THE SUMMER'S EVENING IN SHROPSHIRE BROUGHT NO RELIEF." He rises slowly and goes to the book-shelves, from which he draws a copy of "The Origin of Species." Placing it before him on the desk he turns the pages slowly until he comes to one which holds his attention. _Close-up of page 126, on which is read_: "It is notorious that specific characters are more variable than generic.... _Feet_ Palæzoic strata (not including 57,154 igneous beds) Secondary strata 13,190 Tertiary strata 2,400"