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That would be perfectly easy of supposition to the being to whom time and eternity were one. Yes, I believe that when the great problem is solved, it will be found that the fourth dimension _is_ duration, extending in all directions like the circumference of a circle, the edges of a cube, and the curves of the conic sections. "Yes, I really do think I have got it at last, and that confounded Mummy has taught it me. THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY EASY OF SUPPOSITION TO THE BEING TO WHOM TIME AND ETERNITY WERE WON YES I BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE GREAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IT WILL BE FOUND THAT THE FOURTH DIMENSION IS DURATION EXTENDING IN ALL DIRECTIONS LIKE THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE THE EDGES OF A CUBE AND THE CURVES OF CONIC SECTIONS YES I REALLY DO THINK I'VE GOT IT AT LAST AND THAT CONFOUNDED MUMMY HAS TAUGHT IT TO ME
of a brilliant flash of lightning lit up his window, and bursts of rain dashed upon the panes. "Ah yes, of course, that's it! Quite in accordance with the theory of dreams. It's only the difference between a thunder-shower and the Nile flood. The Genius of Dreams could easily account for the rest. Certainly this apparatus that we call our brain plays some very curious tricks with us sometimes. I suppose this is one of them. And yet if ever there was a dream that seemed like reality that one did. The Mummy and the long-dead Nitocris back to life! By the way, I wonder whether that flagon was really there, and whether there _was_ any wine in it? If there was, perhaps I took too much of it. Ah, there's the rain again! "By the way now, suppose that this fourth dimension that has puzzled so many of us is, after all, duration? If so, it would solve a great many problems, because it would be possible to be and not to be at the same time, and, therefore, for two bodies to occupy the same space. OPPED AS THE REFLECTION OF A BRILLIANT FLASH OF LIGHTNING LIT UP HIS WINDOW AND BURSTS OF RAIN DASHED UPON THE PANES AH YES OF COURSE THAT'S IT QUITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THEORY OF DREAMS IT'S ONLY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THUNDER SHOWER AND THE NILE FLOOD THE GENIUS OF DREAMS COULD EASILY ACCOUNT FOR THE REST CERTAINLY THIS APPARATUS THAT WE CALL OUR BRAIN PLAYS SOME VERY CURIOUS TRICKS WITH US SOMETIMES I SUPPOSE THIS IS ONE OF THEM AND YET IF EVER THERE WAS A DREAM THAT SEEMED LIKE REALITY THAT ONE DID THE MUMMY AND THE LONG DEAD NICHUS BACK TO LIFE BY THE WAY I WONDER WHETHER THAT FLAGON REALLY WAS THERE AND WHETHER THERE REALLY WAS ANY WINE IN IT AND IF THERE WAS PERHAPS I TOOK TOO MUCH OF IT AH THERE'S THE RAIN AGAIN BY THE WAY NOW SUPPOSE THAT THIS FOURTH DIMENSION THAT HAS PUZZLED SO MANY OF US IS AFTER ALL DURATION IF SO IT WOULD SOLVE A GREAT MANY PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BE AND NOT TO BE AT THE SAME TIME AND THEREFORE FOR TWO BODIES TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE
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