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There were terminals for attaching heavy cables; it was a beautiful thing.... His useless arm moved to bring an imaginary hand before the window of quartz in the lead sphere. "Power," he whispered and repeated Avery's words; "power, to build a city  or destroy a civilization THERE WERE TERMINALS FOR ATTACHING HEAVY CABLES IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING HIS USELESS ARM MOVED TO BRING AN IMAGINARY HAND BEFORE THE WINDOW OF QUARTZ IN THE LEAD SPHERE POWER HE WHISPERED AND REPEATED OVER HIS WORDS POWER TO BUILD A CITY OR DESTROY A CIVILIZATION
 "though only we shall know it--you and I.... You will save the world--from itself." The figure, bowed and sunken in the chair, made no move; the man was heedless of the kindly hand upon his shoulder. His voice, when he spoke, was that of one afar off, speaking out of a great loneliness. "You don't understand," he said dully; "you can't--" But Professor Eddinger, a cog in the wheels of a great educational machine, glanced at the watch on his wrist. Again his thin shoulders were stooped, his voice tired. "My classes," he said. "I must be going...." * * * * * In the gathering dusk Professor Eddinger locked carefully the door of his office. He crossed beyond his desk and fumbled with his one hand for his keys. There was a cabinet to be opened, and he stared long in the dim light at the object he withdrew. He looked approvingly at the exquisite workmanship of an instrument where a generator of the cathode ray and an intricate maze of tubing surmounted electro-magnets and a round lead bulb.  MAN IN THE WORLD YOU SHALL BE GREATER SAID THE PROFESSOR THOUGH ONLY WE SHALL KNOW IT YOU AND I YOU WILL SAVE THE WORLD FROM ITSELF THE FIGURE BOWED AND SUNKEN IN THE CHAIR MADE NO MOVE THE MAN WAS HEEDLESS OF THE KINDLY HAND UPON HIS SHOULDER HIS VOICE WHEN HE SPOKE WAS THAT OF ONE AFAR OFF SPEAKING OUT OF A GREAT LONELINESS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HE SAID DULLY YOU CAN'T BUT PROFESSOR EDINGER A COG IN THE WHEELS OF A GREAT EDUCATIONAL MACHINE GLANCED AT THE WATCH ON HIS WRIST AGAIN HIS THIN SHOULDERS WERE STOOPED HIS VOICE TIRED MY CLASSES HE SAID I MUST BE GOING IN THE GATHERING DUSK PROFESSOR EDINGER LOCKED CAREFULLY THE DOOR OF HIS OFFICE HE CROSSED BEYOND HIS DESK AND FUMBLED WITH HIS ONE HAND FOR HIS KEYS THERE WAS A CABINET TO BE OPENED AND HE STARED LONG IN THE DIM LIGHT AT THE OBJECT HE WITHDREW HE LOOKED APPROVINGLY AT THE EXQUISITE WORKMANSHIP OF AN INSTRUMENT WHERE A GENERATOR OF THE CATHOLD RAY AND AN INTRICATE MAZE OF TUBINGS SURMOUNTED ELECTROMAGNETS AND A ROUND LEAD BULB
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