Natural laws are cliches—"what must be must be," for instance—and what must be in this case was, of all people, Dr. Talbot! The first thirty years of Henry Talbot's life were the most promising. He was a bright student through high school, and in college his fellow students often used the word "brilliant" in discussing his mentality; occasionally even his instructors echoed them. Upon receiving his bachelor's degree, he went to graduate school and eventually received his Ph.D. as an experimental