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"Good heavens, how cold it is!" He shivered, and buttoned up his coat, and continued, looking about him on the vast snow field dotted with hummocks of ice which lay bleak and lifeless about him: "Ah, I suppose either the Gulf Stream has got diverted, or the earth's axis has shifted and we are in another glacial epoch. "WE!" Again the shock of utter isolation struck him, but it seemed to hit him harder this time. GOOD HEAVENS HOW COLD IT IS HE SHIVERED AND BUTTONED UP HIS COAT AND CONTINUED LOOKING ABOUT HIM ON THE VAST SNOW FIELD DOTTED WITH HUMMOCKS OF ICE WHICH LAY BLEAK AND LIFELESS ABOUT HIM I SUPPOSE EITHER THE GULF STREAMS GOT DIVERTED OR THE EARTH'S AXIS HAS SHIFTED AND WE ARE NOW IN ANOTHER GLACIAL EPOCH WEI AGAIN THE SHOCK OF UTTER ISOLATION STRUCK HIM BUT IT SEEMED TO HIM HARD AT THIS TIME
t, of proceeding from the partly-known to the more fully known, until, granted perfect physical and mental health, it reached what are generally called the limits of human knowledge." The Professor's thumb and finger went up to his chin again. He walked another two or three hundred yards in silence; then he recommenced his spoken argument with himself: "Limits of human knowledge? Yes, that sounds all very well in ordinary language, but are there any? Who was it said that a man trying to reach those limits was like the child who saw a rainbow for the first time, and started out to find the place where it rested? The simile is not bad, not by any means. Just in the same way, we try to imagine the limits of time and space, and we can't do it. Only infinity of space and duration are possible, and yet we can't grasp them; still, they are the only possible states in which we can exist. And now, as I have had a glimpse of the past, I wonder what this place would be like in ten thousand years? BECOME CAPABLE OF DEVELOPMENT A PROCEEDING FROM THE PARTLY KNOWN TO THE MORE FULLY KNOWN UNTIL GRANTED PERFECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH IT REACHED WHAT ARE GENERALLY CALLED THE LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE THE PROFESSOR'S THUMB AND FINGER WENT UP TO HIS CHIN AGAIN HE THEN WALKED ANOTHER TWO OR THREE HUNDRED YARDS IN SILENCE THEN HE RECOMMENCED HIS SPOKEN ARGUMENT WITH HIMSELF LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE YES THAT ALL SOUNDS VERY WELL IN ORDINARY LANGUAGE BUT ARE THERE ANY WHO WAS IT SAID THAT A MAN TRYING TO REACH THOSE LIMITS WAS LIKE THE CHILD WHO SAW A RAINBOW FOR THE FIRST TIME AND STARTED OUT TO FIND THE PLACE WHERE IT RESTED THE SIMILE IS NOT BAD NOT BY ANY MEANS JUST IN THE SAME WAY WE TRY TO IMAGINE THE LIMITS OF SPACE AND TIME AND WE CAN'T DO IT ONLY INFINITY OF SPACE AND DURATION ARE POSSIBLE AND YET WE CAN'T GRASP THEM STILL THEY ARE ONLY POSSIBLE STATES IN WHICH WE CAN EXIST AND NOW AS I HAVE HAD A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST I WONDER WHAT THIS PLACE WOULD BE LIKE IN TEN THOUSAND YEARS
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