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The dream of the death bridal of Nitocris might possibly have been nothing more than just a dream, or possibly the revival of an episode in a past existence; but the other experiences certainly were not. THE DREAM OF THE DEATH BRIDAL OF NIDICHRUS MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN JUST A DREAM OR POSSIBLY THE REVIVAL OF AN EPISODE IN A PAST EXISTENCE BUT THE OTHER EXPERIENCES CERTAINLY WERE NOT
nsions, and then proving by ocular demonstration that it does exist; but what would happen then? Simply intellectual anarchy. Every belief that man had held for ages would be negatived. For instance, if there is one dogma to which humanity has clung with unanimous consistency, it is to the dogma that two and two make four. What if he were to prove--as, of course, he could do now that this mysterious hand, outstretched through the mists of the far past, had led him across the horizon which divides the two states of Existence--that, under certain circumstances, they would also make three or five? What if he demonstrated that even the axioms of Euclid could, under different conditions, be both true and false at the same time? No, the thought of overthrowing such a venerable authority and plunging the scientific world into a hopeless state of intellectual chaos sent a shudder through his nerves. He could not do it. And yet it was only the bare, solid truth that he did possess these powers.  THE WORLD OF FOUR DIMENSIONS AND THEN PROVING BY OCULENT DEMONSTRATION THAT IT DOES EXIST BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN SIMPLE INTELLECTUAL ANARCHY EVERY BELIEF THAT MAN HAD HELD FOR AGES WOULD BE NEGATED FOR INSTANCE IF THERE WERE ONE DOGMA TO WHICH HUMANITY HAS CLUNG WITH WITH UNANIMOUS CONSISTENCY IT IS TO THE DOGMA THAT TWO AND TWO MAKE FOUR WHAT IF HE WOULD PROVE AS OF COURSE HE COULD DO NOW THAT THE MYSTERIOUS HAND OUTSTRETCHED THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE FAR PAST HAD LED HIM CROSS THE HORIZON WHICH DIVIDES THE TWO STATES OF EXISTENCE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THEY COULD ALSO MAKE THREE OR FIVE WHAT IF HE DEMONSTRATED THAT EVEN THE AXIOMS OF EUCLID COULD UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS BE BOTH TRUE AND FALSE AT THE SAME TIME NO THE THOUGHT OF OVERTHROWING SUCH A VENERABLE AUTHORITY AND PLUNGING THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD INTO A HOPELESS STATE OF INTELLECTUAL CHAOS SENT A SHUDDER THROUGH HIS NERVES HE COULD NOT DO IT AND YET IT WAS ONLY THE BARE SOLID TRUTH THAT HE DID POSSESS THESE POWERS
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