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If I were to meet the young man who emerged from the Swedish Normallyceum to matriculate at Helsingfors University in the spring of 1919, I am afraid I would find him a most disappointing companion. “Ripeness is all,” and so profound are the changes brought about over the years that one would feel abashed at having to hail that youngster as an alter ego. Also, as a character he would seem to possess all one’s faults without the insight and experience by which one cleverly tries to hide them.
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Granit, R.A. (1992). Half a Century in the Neurosciences: Personal Comments on Choices and Decisions. In: Worden, F.G., Swazey, J.P., Adelman, G. (eds) The Neurosciences: Paths of Discovery, I. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6817-5_19
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