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On the third day of initiation, I demonstrate the miracle of the auxotrophic yeast. To do so, I don my flowing white regalia. Not out of pride; after so many years, I know my participation as the head of this Institute is necessary in order to impress upon the initiates the sacredness of our work. The day before yesterday, I plated the yeast, exposed to divine rays, upon complete media containing all necessary nutrients. This begat hundreds of colonies. Yesterday, imprinting the colonies upon a sterile cloth, I transferred them in part to a second plate of media lacking the