The newspapers showered him with praise and honor, and commended him for having given up the drudgery of the lecture room in order to devote his whole time to scientific research.
At first father laughed.

Then he became angry--tonic angry.

Then came the suppression of his book.

This suppression was performed secretly, so secretly that at first we could not comprehend.

The publication of the book had immediately caused a bit of excitement in the country.
Father had been politely abused in the capitalist press, the tone of the abuse being to the effect that it was a pity so great a scientist should leave his field and invade the realm of sociology, about which he knew nothing and wherein he had promptly become lost.