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I shall have to work that out in the light of the greater knowledge, which Her vanished Majesty has given me, and which I almost attained to in Egypt. Wherefore, existence in a state of four dimensions, or the world of N4, as I have always called it, is, roughly speaking, one. I SHALL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT IN THE LIGHT OF THE GREATER KNOWLEDGE WHICH HER VANISHED MAJESTY HAS GIVEN ME AND WHICH I ALMOST ATTAINED IN EGYPT WHEREFORE EXISTENCE IN THE STATE OF FOUR DIMENSIONS OR THE WORLD OF END TO THE FOURTH AS I HAVE ALWAYS CALLED IT IS ROUGHLY SPEAKING ONE
e world that he had been born in lay ten thousand years behind him. For all he knew, he might be standing upon what was now the earth's North Pole. Civilisation, as he had known it, might have been wiped off the face of the earth, and the remnants of humanity flung back into savagery. He looked up at the sun, and saw that it was almost exactly where it had been, and that it had not perceptibly diminished in power. The idea was not at all pleasant to him, and very naturally his thoughts turned back once more to his cosy home that had been on the edge of Wimbledon Common ten thousand years ago. He remembered, with a curious sort of thrill, some notes which he had to complete that morning for his lecture--and in the same instant he was walking back across the turf towards his house through the warm May sunshine. "Yes," he said to himself, as he drew a deep breath of the sweet spring air. "I was right; that's it. The fourth dimension is a form of duration in some way correlated with space. MED TO HIM HARD AT THIS TIME THE WORLD THAT HE HAD BEEN BORN IN LAY TEN THOUSAND YEARS BEHIND HIM FOR ALL HE KNEW HE MIGHT BE STANDING UPON WHAT IS NOW THE EARTH'S NORTH POLE CIVILIZATION AS HE HAD KNOWN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND THE REMNANTS OF HUMANITY FLUNG BACK INTO SAVAGERY HE LOOKED UP AT THE SUN AND SAW IT WAS ALMOST EXACTLY WHERE IT HAD BEEN AND THAT IT HAD NOT PERCEPTIBLY DIMINISHED IN POWER THE IDEA WAS NOT AT ALL PLEASANT TO HIM AND VERY NATURALLY HIS THOUGHTS TURNED BACK ONCE MORE TO HIS COSY HOME THAT HAD BEEN ON THE EDGE OF WIMBLEDON COMMON TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO HE REMEMBERED WITH A CURIOUS SORT OF THRILL SOME NOTES WHICH HE HAD TO COMPLETE THAT MORNING FOR HIS LECTURE AND IN THE SAME INSTANT HE WAS WALKING BACK ACROSS THE TURF TOWARDS HIS HOUSE THROUGH THE WARM MAY SUNSHINE YES HE SAID TO HIMSELF AS HE DREW A DEEP BREATH OF THE SWEET SPRING AIR I WAS RIGHT THAT'S IT THE FOURTH DIMENSION IS A FORM OF DURATION IN SOME WAY CORRELATED WITH SPACE
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