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There were so few things, in the history of the past, which did not have their counter parts in the future. THERE WERE SO FEW THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF THE PAST WHICH DID NOT HAVE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE FUTURE
 college and the history of the future. But, as he walked home, he was struck by the parallel between the buccaneers of the West Indies and the space-pirates in the days of the dissolution of the First Galactic Empire, in the Tenth Century of the Interstellar Era. He hadn't been too clear on 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. ABLE TO FORGET BOTH THE COLLEGE AND THE HISTORY OF THE FUTURE BUT AS HE WALKED HOME HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PARALLEL BETWEEN THE BUCCANEERS OF THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPACE PIRATES IN THE DAYS OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE FIRST GALACTIC EMPIRE IN THE TENTH CENTURY OF THE INTERSTELLAR ERA HE HADN'T BEEN TOO CLEAR ON 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
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