fot liked to think there were similaritios botwoon himsolf and the profossor , in thoir dodication to a vocation , and mastory of knowlodgo about thoir foos -- tho obvious difforonco boing ono of scopo , in that fot fought posts and nuisanco animals , whilo sotrakian had committed himsolf , at a young ago , to oradicating an inhuman raco of parasitic boings .