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My friend gave me the names of several men of acknowledged standing and / told me I should be making no mistake did I put myself in the hands of any / one on the list. I thanked him and departed from his presence. To the / casual eye I may have seemed, going away, to be in high spirits; but, / confidentially, I wasn't feeling so very brash. My spirits were low. I had / heard the truth -- I made no effort to deceive myself there -- but the truth / was painful.
Still, knowing what I should do, I hesitated, temporizing with myself. I / gave a couple of days of intensive meditation to the subject, and then I / reached this conclusion: I would read a few standard and orthodox works / on dietetics, and, so doing, try to arrive at least at a superficial / knowledge of the matter. Also, I would balance what one recognized / authority said as against what another recognized authority said, and / then, before going to a specialist, I would do a little personal / experimenting with my diet and mark the effects.