A laboratory experiment was no experiment if it were not carried through in all its details.

So he patiently went the round of the publishing houses.

They gave a multitude of excuses, but not one house would consider the book.
When father became convinced that the book had actually been suppressed, he tried to get the fact into the newspapers; but his communications were ignored.

At a political meeting of the socialists, where many reporters were present, father saw his chance.

He arose and related the history of the suppression of the book.