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He was talking to gain time, and he suspected that Hauserman knew it. The "memories" were coming into his mind more and more strongly; it was impossible to suppress them. HE WAS TALKING TO GAIN TIME AND HE SUSPECTED THAT HAZERMAN KNEW IT THAT MEMORIES WERE COMING INTO HIS MIND MORE AND MORE STRONGLY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SUPPRESS THEM
 of it." He went into that, from the original incident in Modern History IV, choosing every word carefully, trying to concentrate on making a good impression upon Hauserman, and at the same time finding that more "memories" of the future were beginning to seep past the barrier of his consciousness. He tried to dam them back; when he could not, he spoke with greater and greater care lest they leak into his speech. "I can't recall the exact manner in which I blundered into it. The fact that I did make such a blunder was because I was talking extemporaneously and had wandered ahead of my text. I was trying to show the results of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, and the partition of the Middle East into a loose collection of Arab states, and the passing of British and other European spheres of influence following the Second. You know, when you consider it, the Islamic Caliphate was inevitable; the surprising thing is that it was created by a man like Khalid.... IKE TO HEAR YOUR VERSION OF IT YOU WENT INTO THAT FROM THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY FOR CHOOSING EVERY WORD CAREFULLY TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSION UPON HAWSERMEN AND AT THE SAME TIME FINDING THAT MORE MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE WERE BEGINNING TO SEE PAST THE BARRIER OF HIS CONSCIOUSNESS HE TRIED TO DAMN THEM BACK WHEN HE COULD NOT HE SPOKE WITH GREATER AND GREATER CARE LEST THEY LEAK INTO HIS SPEECH I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT MANNER IN WHICH I BLUNDERED INTO IT THE FACT THAT I DID MAKE SUCH A BLUNDER WAS BECAUSE I WAS TALKING EXTEMPORANEOUSLY AND HAD WANDERED AHEAD OF MY TEXT I WAS TRYING TO SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE COLLAPSE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE PARTITION OF THE MIDDLE EAST INTO A LOOSE COLLECTION OF ARAB STATES AND THE PASSING OF BRITISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN SPHERES OF INFLUENCE FOLLOWING THE SECOND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT THE ISLAMIC CALIPHATE WAS INEVITABLE THE SURPRISING THING IS THAT IT WAS CREATED BY A MAN LIKE KALID
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