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He wished, too late, that he hadn't said that. It pointed up the very thing he was trying to play down, and raised a general laugh. HE WISHED TOO LATE THAT HE HADN'T SAID THAT IT POINTED UP THE VERY THING HE WAS TRYING TO PLAY DOWN AND RAISED A GENERAL LAUGH
r instance, who, in 1911, could have predicted all the consequences of the pistol-shot at Sarajevo? Who, even today, can guess what the history of the world would have been had Zangarra not missed Franklin Roosevelt in 1932? There's always that if." He went on talking safe generalities as he glanced covertly at his watch. Only five minutes to the end of the period; thank heaven he hadn't made that slip at the beginning of the class. "For instance, tomorrow, when we take up the events in India from the First World War to the end of British rule, we will be largely concerned with another victim of the assassin's bullet, Mohandas K. Gandhi. You may ask yourselves, then, by how much that bullet altered the history of the Indian sub-continent. A word of warning, however: The events we will be discussing will be either contemporary with or prior to what was discussed today. I hope that you're all keeping your notes properly dated. It's always easy to become confused in matters of chronology. STANCE WHO IN NINETEEN ELEVEN COULD HAVE PREDICTED ALL THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PISTOL SHOT AT SARRIEVO WHO EVEN TO DAY CAN GUESS WHAT THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD ZANGARA NOT MISSED FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN NINETEEN THIRTY TWO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT IF HE WENT ON TALKING SAFE GENERALITIES AS HE GLANCED COVERTLY AT HIS WATCH ONLY FIVE MINUTES TO THE END OF THE PERIOD THANK HEAVEN HE HADN'T MADE THAT SLIP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLASS FOR INSTANCE TO MORROW WHEN WE TAKE UP THE EVENTS IN INDIA FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO THE END OF THE BRITISH RULE WE WILL BE LARGELY CONCERNED WITH ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE ASSASSIN'S BULLET MORHINDAS K GANDI YOU MAY ASK YOURSELVES THEN BY HOW MUCH THAT BULLET ALTERED THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT A WORD OF WARNING HOWEVER THE EVENTS WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WILL BE EITHER CONTEMPORARY WITH OR PRIOR TO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED TO DAY I HOPE THAT YOU'RE ALL KEEPING YOUR NOTES PROPERLY DATED IT'S ALWAYS EASY TO BECOME CONFUSED IN MATTERS OF CHRONOLOGY
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