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Whitburn gave him no more trouble, and if any of the trustees or influential alumni made any protest about what had happened in Modern History IV, he heard nothing about it. WHITBURN GAVE HIM NO MORE TROUBLE AND IF ANY OF THE TRUSTEES OR INFLUENTIAL ALUMNI MADE ANY PROTEST ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN MODERN HISTORY FOR HE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT IT
 new data rising in his mind; he hurried his steps, almost running upstairs to his room. It was long after midnight before he had finished the notes he had begun on his return home. Well, that had been a mistake, but he wouldn't make it again. He determined again to destroy his notes, and began casting about for a subject which would occupy his mind to the exclusion of the future. Not the Spanish Conquistadores; that was too much like the early period of interstellar expansion. He thought for a time of the Sepoy Mutiny, and then rejected it--he could "remember" something much like that on one of the planets of the Beta Hydrae system, in the Fourth Century of the Atomic Era. There were so few things, in the history of the past, which did not have their counter-parts in the future. That evening, too, he stayed at home, preparing for his various classes for the rest of the week and making copious notes on what he would talk about to each. He needed more whiskey to get to sleep that night. N THAT PERIOD AND HE FOUND NEW DATA RISING IN HIS MIND HE HURRIED HIS STEPS ALMOST RUNNING UPSTAIRS TO HIS ROOM IT WAS LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE HE HAD FINISHED THE NOTES HE HAD BEGUN ON HIS RETURN HOME WELL THAT HAD BEEN A MISTAKE BUT HE WOULDN'T MAKE IT AGAIN HE DETERMINED AGAIN TO DESTROY HIS NOTES AND BEGAN CASTING ABOUT FOR A SUBJECT WHICH WOULD OCCUPY HIS MIND TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE FUTURE NOT THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES THAT WAS TOO MUCH LIKE THE EARLY PERIOD OF INTERSTELLAR EXPANSION HE THOUGHT FOR A TIME OF THE SEPOY MUTINY AND THEN REJECTED IT HE COULD REMEMBER SOMETHING MUCH LIKE THAT ON ONE OF THE PLANETS OF THE BETA HYDRAE SYSTEM IN THE FOURTH CENTURY OF THE ATOMIC ERA THERE WERE SO FEW THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF THE PAST WHICH DID NOT HAVE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE FUTURE THAT EVENING TOO HE STAYED AT HOME PREPARING FOR HIS VARIOUS CLASSES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND MAKING COPIOUS NOTES ON WHAT HE WOULD TALK ABOUT TO EACH HE NEEDED MORE WHISKEY TO GET TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT
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