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* * * * * He came into his office that morning tired and unrefreshed by the few hours' sleep he had gotten the night before, edgy from the strain, of trying to adjust his mind to the world of Blanley College in mid April of 1973. Pottgeiter hadn't arrived yet, but Marjorie Fenner was waiting for him; a newspaper in her hand, almost bursting with excitement. "Here; have you seen it, Doctor Chalmers?" she asked as he entered. He shook his head. HE CAME INTO HIS OFFICE THAT MORNING TIRED AND UNREFRESHED BY THE FEW HOURS SLEEP HE HAD GOTTEN THE NIGHT BEFORE EDGY FROM THE STRAIN OF TRYING TO ADJUST HIS MIND TO THE WORLD OF BLANLEY COLLEGE IN MID APRIL OF NINETEEN SEVENTY THREE POTTGEITER HADN'T ARRIVED YET BUT MARJORIE FENNER WAS WAITING FOR HIM A NEWSPAPER IN HER HAND ALMOST BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT HERE HAVE YOU SEEN IT DOCTOR CHALMERS SHE ASKED AS HE ENTERED HE SHOOK HIS HEAD
his mind to the exclusion of the future. Not the Spanish Conquistadores; that was too much like the early period of interstellar expansion. He thought for a time of the Sepoy Mutiny, and then rejected it--he could "remember" something much like that on one of the planets of the Beta Hydrae system, in the Fourth Century of the Atomic Era. There were so few things, in the history of the past, which did not have their counter-parts in the future. That evening, too, he stayed at home, preparing for his various classes for the rest of the week and making copious notes on what he would talk about to each. He needed more whiskey to get to sleep that night. Whitburn gave him no more trouble, and if any of the trustees or influential alumni made any protest about what had happened in Modern History IV, he heard nothing about it. He managed to conduct his classes without further incidents, and spent his evenings trying, not always successfully, to avoid drifting into "memories" of the future.... A SUBJECT WHICH WOULD OCCUPY HIS MIND TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE FUTURE NOT THE SPANISH CONQUISTADORES THAT WAS TOO MUCH LIKE THE EARLY PERIOD OF INTERSTELLAR EXPANSION HE THOUGHT FOR A TIME OF THE SEPOY MUTINY AND THEN REJECTED IT HE COULD REMEMBER SOMETHING MUCH LIKE THAT ON ONE OF THE PLANETS OF THE BETA HYDRAE SYSTEM IN THE FOURTH CENTURY OF THE ATOMIC ERA THERE WERE SO FEW THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF THE PAST WHICH DID NOT HAVE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE FUTURE THAT EVENING TOO HE STAYED AT HOME PREPARING FOR HIS VARIOUS CLASSES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND MAKING COPIOUS NOTES ON WHAT HE WOULD TALK ABOUT TO EACH HE NEEDED MORE WHISKEY TO GET TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT WHITBURN GAVE HIM NO MORE TROUBLE AND IF ANY OF THE TRUSTEES OR INFLUENTIAL ALUMNI MADE ANY PROTEST ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN MODERN HISTORY FOR HE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT IT HE MANAGED TO CONDUCT HIS CLASSES WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS AND SPENT HIS EVENINGS TRYING NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFULLY TO AVOID DRIFTING INTO MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE
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