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Handley frowned. He didn't like being pushed out of the safety of generalization into specific cases. HANDLEY FROWNED HE DIDN'T LIKE BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE SAFETY OF GENERALIZATION INTO SPECIFIC CASES
ybody that you can foresee the future, or even talk about future probabilities. Your business is with the past; stick to it." * * * * * The afternoon passed quietly enough. Word of his defiance of Whitburn had gotten around among the faculty--Whitburn might have his secretary scared witless in his office, but not gossipless outside it--though it hadn't seemed to have leaked down to the students yet. Handley, the Latin professor, managed to waylay him in a hallway, a hallway Handley didn't normally use. "The tenure-contract system under which we hold our positions here is one of our most valuable safeguards," he said, after exchanging greetings. "It was only won after a struggle, in a time of public animosity toward all intellectuals, and even now, our professional position would be most insecure without it." "Yes. I found that out today, if I hadn't known it when I took part in the struggle you speak of." "It should not be jeopardized," Handley declared. "You think I'm jeopardizing it?  DON'T TALK ABOUT THIS TO ANYBODY DON'T TELL ANYBODY THAT YOU CAN FORESEE THE FUTURE OR EVEN TALK ABOUT FUTURE PROBABILITIES YOUR BUSINESS IS WITH THE PAST STICK TO IT THE AFTERNOON PASSED QUIETLY ENOUGH WORD OF HIS DEFIANCE OF WHITBURN HAD GOTTEN AROUND AMONG THE FACULTY WHITBURN MIGHT HAVE HIS SECRETARIES CARED WITLESS IN HIS OFFICE BUT NOT GOSSIPLESS OUTSIDE IT THOUGH IT HADN'T SEEMED TO HAVE LEAKED DOWN THE STUDENTS YET HANDLEY THE LATIN PROFESSOR MANAGED TO WAYLAY HIM IN A HALLWAY A HALLWAY HANDLEY DIDN'T NORMALLY USE THE TENURE CONTRACT SYSTEM UNDER WHICH WE HOLD OUR POSITIONS HERE IS ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE SAFEGUARDS HE SAID AFTER EXCHANGING GREETINGS IT WAS ONE ONLY AFTER A STRUGGLE IN A TIME OF PUBLIC ANIMOSITY TOWARD ALL INTELLECTUALS AND EVEN NOW OUR PROFESSIONAL POSITION WOULD BE MOST INSECURE WITHOUT IT YES I FOUND THAT OUT TO DAY IF I HADN'T KNOWN IT WHEN I TOOK PART IN THE STRUGGLE YOU SPEAK OF IT SHOULD NOT BE JEOPARDIZED HANDLEY DECLARED YOU THINK I'M JEOPARDIZING IT
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