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wandering bands, lower, as the years drag on, than the beasts themselves; the children dying, forgotten, in the forgotten lands; a people to whom the progress of our civilization is one with the ages past, for whom there is again the slow, toiling road toward the light. WANDERING BANDS LOWER AS THE YEARS DRAG ON THAN THE BEASTS THEMSELVES THE CHILDREN DYING FORGOTTEN IN THE FORGOTTEN LAND A PEOPLE TO WHOM THE PROGRESS OF OUR CIVILIZATION IS ONE WITH THE AGES PAST FOR WHOM THERE IS AGAIN THE SLOW TOILING ROAD TOWARD THE LIGHT
ared savagely from dark hollows. "A rat!" he protested. "You have killed a rat ... and you say--you say--" He raised one trembling hand to his lips to hold them from forming the unspeakable words. "A rat," said the Professor--"or a man ... or a million men." "We will control it." "All men will have it--the best and the worst ... and there is no defence." "It will free the world--" "It will destroy it." "No!"--and the white-faced man was shouting now--"you don't understand--you can't see--" The lean figure of the scientist straightened to its full height. His eyes met those of the younger man, silent now before him, but Avery knew the eyes never saw him; they were looking far off, following the wings of thought. In the stillness the man's words came harsh and commanding-- "Do you see the cities," he said, "crumbling to ruins under the cold stars? The fields? They are rank with wild growth, torn and gullied by the waters; a desolate land where animals prowl. And the people--the people!-- S YOU HAVE JUST SEEN DEATH THE FACE OF AVERY WAS WHITE AS WAX HIS EYES GLARED SAVAGELY FROM DARK HOLLOWS A RAT HE PROTESTED YOU HAVE KILLED A RAT AND YOU SAY YOU SAY HE RAISED ONE TREMBLING HAND TO HIS LIPS TO HOLD THEM FROM FORMING THE UNSPEAKABLE WORDS A RAT SAID THE PROFESS OR A MAN OR A MILLION MEN WE WILL CONTROL IT ALL MEN WILL HAVE IT THE BEST AND THE WORST AND THERE IS NO DEFENSE IT WILL FREE THE WORLD IT WILL DESTROY IT NO AND THE WHITE FACED MAN WAS SHOUTING NOW YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T SEE THE LEAN FIGURE OF THE SCIENTIST STRAIGHTENED TO ITS FULL HEIGHT HIS EYES MET THOSE OF THE YOUNGER MAN SILENT NOW BEFORE HIM BUT AVERY KNEW THAT THE EYES NEVER SAW HIM THEY WERE LOOKING FAR OFF FOLLOWING THE WINGS OF THOUGHT IN THE STILLNESS THE MAN'S WORDS CAME HARSH AND COMMANDING DO YOU SEE THE CITIES HE SAID CRUMBLING TO RUINS UNDER THE COLD STARS THE FIELDS THEY ARE RANK WITH WILD GROWTH TORN AND GULLIED BY THE WATERS A DESOLATE LAND WHERE ANIMALS PROWL AND THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE
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