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* * * * * His gaze came slowly back to the room and the figure of the man still fighting for his dream. "They would not," said Avery hoarsely; "they'd use it for good." HIS GAZE CAME SLOWLY BACK TO THE ROOM AND THE FIGURE OF THE MAN STILL FIGHTING FOR HIS DREAM THEY WOULD NOT SAID AVERY HOARSELY THEY'D USE IT FOR GOOD
d man was shouting now--"you don't understand--you can't see--" The lean figure of the scientist straightened to its full height. His eyes met those of the younger man, silent now before him, but Avery knew the eyes never saw him; they were looking far off, following the wings of thought. In the stillness the man's words came harsh and commanding-- "Do you see the cities," he said, "crumbling to ruins under the cold stars? The fields? They are rank with wild growth, torn and gullied by the waters; a desolate land where animals prowl. And the people--the people!--wandering bands, lower, as the years drag on, than the beasts themselves; the children dying, forgotten, in the forgotten lands; a people to whom the progress of our civilization is one with the ages past, for whom there is again the slow, toiling road toward the light. "And somewhere, perhaps, a conquering race, the most brutal and callous of mankind, rioting in their sense of power and dragging themselves down to oblivion.... D IT WILL DESTROY IT NO AND THE WHITE FACED MAN WAS SHOUTING NOW YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T SEE THE LEAN FIGURE OF THE SCIENTIST STRAIGHTENED TO ITS FULL HEIGHT HIS EYES MET THOSE OF THE YOUNGER MAN SILENT NOW BEFORE HIM BUT AVERY KNEW THAT THE EYES NEVER SAW HIM THEY WERE LOOKING FAR OFF FOLLOWING THE WINGS OF THOUGHT IN THE STILLNESS THE MAN'S WORDS CAME HARSH AND COMMANDING DO YOU SEE THE CITIES HE SAID CRUMBLING TO RUINS UNDER THE COLD STARS THE FIELDS THEY ARE RANK WITH WILD GROWTH TORN AND GULLIED BY THE WATERS A DESOLATE LAND WHERE ANIMALS PROWL AND THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE WANDERING BANDS LOWER AS THE YEARS DRAG ON THAN THE BEASTS THEMSELVES THE CHILDREN DYING FORGOTTEN IN THE FORGOTTEN LAND A PEOPLE TO WHOM THE PROGRESS OF OUR CIVILIZATION IS ONE WITH THE AGES PAST FOR WHOM THERE IS AGAIN THE SLOW TOILING ROAD TOWARD THE LIGHT AND SOMEWHERE PERHAPS A CONQUERING RACE THE MOST BRUTAL AND CALLOUS OF MANKIND RIOTING IN THEIR SENSE OF POWER AND DRAGGING THEMSELVES DOWN TO OBLIVION
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