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He paused. "The liberation of mankind," he added, and his voice was reverent. HE PAUSED THE LIBERATION OF MANKIND HE ADDED AND HIS VOICE WAS REVERENT
the heavy cables. It hissed ceaselessly through the air where now the tang of ozone was apparent. The carbon blocks glowed with a brilliant incandescence when the flame ceased with the motion of a hand where Avery pulled a switch. The man's voice was quiet now. "You do not know, yet, what you have seen, but there was a tremendous potential there--an amperage I can't measure with my limited facilities." He waved a deprecating hand about the ill-furnished laboratory. "But you have seen--" His voice trembled and failed at the forming of the words. "--The disintegration of the atom," said Professor Eddinger quietly, "and the release of power unlimited. Did you use thorium?" he inquired. The other looked at him in amazement. Then: "I should have known you would understand," he said humbly. "And you know what it means"--again his voice rose--"power without end to do the work of the world--great vessels driven a lifetime on a mere ounce of matter--a revolution in transportation--in living.... G A WHITE FLAME ARCHED BETWEEN THE TERMINALS OF THE HEAVY CABLES IT HISSED CEASELESSLY THROUGH THE AIR WHERE NOW THE TANG OF OZONE WAS APPARENT THE CARBON BLOCKS GLOWED WITH A BRILLIANT INCANDESCENCE WHEN THE FLAME CEASED WITH THE MOTION OF A HAND WHERE AVERY PULLED A SWITCH THE MAN'S VOICE WAS QUIET NOW YOU DO NOT KNOW YET WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN BUT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL THERE AN AMPERAGE I CAN'T MEASURE WITH MY LIMITED FACILITIES HE WAVED A DEPRECATING HAND ABOUT THE ILL FURNISHED LABORATORY BUT YOU HAVE SEEN HIS VOICE TREMBLED AND FAILED AT THE FORMING OF THE WORDS THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE ATOM SAID PROFESSOR EDINGER QUIETLY AND THE RELEASE OF POWER UNLIMITED DID YOU USE THORIUM HE INQUIRED THE OTHER LOOKED AT HIM IN AMAZEMENT THEN I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND HE SAID HUMBLY AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS AGAIN HIS VOICE ROSE POWER WITHOUT END TO DO THE WORK OF THE WORLD GREAT VESSELS DRIVEN A LIFETIME ON A MERE OUNCE OF MATTER A REVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION IN LIVING
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