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He seemed to know, not by memory, but of immediate knowledge. It was the difference between the reading of the story, say, of a battle, and actually taking part in it. HE SEEMED TO KNOW NOT BY MEMORY BUT BY IMMEDIATE KNOWLEDGE IT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE READING OF A STORY SAY OF A BATTLE AND ACTUALLY TAKING PART OF IT
to his amazement, the ring came off whole. There was no scar on his finger--no break in the ring. "Good heavens!" he exclaimed, staring with something like fear in his eyes, first at his hand, and then at the ring. "Then it _is_ true!" He was silent for a full minute; then he put the ring down on the dressing-table and whispered: "What a terrible power--and what an awful responsibility! Well, thank God, I am a fairly honest man!" As he undressed he was conscious of a curious sense of reminiscence which he had never experienced before. His brain was not only perfectly clear, but almost abnormally active, and yet the current of his thoughts appeared to be turned backward instead of forward. The things of his own life, the life that he was then living, seemed to drift behind him. The facts which he had learned in his long and minute study of Egyptian history came up in his mind, no longer as facts learned from books and monuments, wall-paintings, and hieroglyphics, but as living entities. D AT THE SETTING OF THE SCARAB AND TO HIS AMAZEMENT THE RING CAME OFF WHOLE THERE WAS NO SCAR ON HIS FINGER NO BREAK IN THE RING GOOD HEAVENS HE EXCLAIMED STARTING WITH SOMETHING LIKE FEAR IN HIS EYE FIRST AT HIS HAND AND THEN AT HIS RING THEN IT'S TRUE HE WAS SILENT FOR A FULL MINUTE THEN HE PUT THE RING DOWN ON THE DRESSING TABLE AND WHISPERED WHAT A TERRIBLE POWER AND WHAT AN AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY WELL THANK GOD I'M A FAIRLY HONEST MAN AS HE UNDRESSED HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF A CURIOUS SENSE OF REMINISCENCE WHICH HE HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE HIS BRAIN WAS NOT ONLY PERFECTLY CLEAR BUT ALMOST ABNORMALLY ACTIVE AND YET THE CURRENT OF HIS THOUGHTS APPEARED TO BE TURNED BACKWARD INSTEAD OF FORWARD THE THINGS OF HIS OWN LIFE AND THE LIFE THAT HE WAS THEN LIVING SEEMED TO DRIFT BEHIND HIM THE FACTS WHICH HE HAD LEARNED IN HIS LONG AND MINUTE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY CAME UP IN HIS MIND NO LONGER HIS FACTS LEARNED FROM BOOKS AND MONUMENTS WALL PAINTINGS AND HIEROGLYPHS BUT HIS LIVING ENTITIES
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