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* * * * * In the gathering dusk Professor Eddinger locked carefully the door of his office. He crossed beyond his desk and fumbled with his one hand for his keys. IN THE GATHERING DUSK PROFESSOR EDINGER LOCKED CAREFULLY THE DOOR OF HIS OFFICE HE CROSSED BEYOND HIS DESK AND FUMBLED WITH HIS ONE HAND FOR HIS KEYS
d Avery hoarsely; "they'd use it for good." "Would they?" asked Professor Eddinger. He spoke simply as one stating simple facts. "I love my fellow men," he said, "and I killed them in thousands in the last war--I, and my science, and my poison gas." The figure of Avery slumped suddenly upon a chair; his face was buried in his hands. "And I would have been," he groaned, "the greatest man in the world." "You shall be greater," said the Professor, "though only we shall know it--you and I.... You will save the world--from itself." The figure, bowed and sunken in the chair, made no move; the man was heedless of the kindly hand upon his shoulder. His voice, when he spoke, was that of one afar off, speaking out of a great loneliness. "You don't understand," he said dully; "you can't--" But Professor Eddinger, a cog in the wheels of a great educational machine, glanced at the watch on his wrist. Again his thin shoulders were stooped, his voice tired. "My classes," he said. "I must be going.... M AND THE FIGURE OF THE MAN STILL FIGHTING FOR HIS DREAM THEY WOULD NOT SAID AVERY HOARSELY THEY'D USE IT FOR GOOD WOULD THEY ASKED PROFESSOR EDINGER HE SPOKE SIMPLY AS ONE STATING SIMPLE FACTS I LOVE MY FELLOW MEN HE SAID AND I KILLED THEM IN THOUSANDS IN THE LAST WAR I AM MY SCIENCE OF MY POISON GAS THE FIGURE OF AVERY SLUMPED SUDDENLY UPON A CHAIR HIS FACE WAS BURIED IN HIS HANDS AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN HE GROANED THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD YOU SHALL BE GREATER SAID THE PROFESSOR THOUGH ONLY WE SHALL KNOW IT YOU AND I YOU WILL SAVE THE WORLD FROM ITSELF THE FIGURE BOWED AND SUNKEN IN THE CHAIR MADE NO MOVE THE MAN WAS HEEDLESS OF THE KINDLY HAND UPON HIS SHOULDER HIS VOICE WHEN HE SPOKE WAS THAT OF ONE AFAR OFF SPEAKING OUT OF A GREAT LONELINESS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HE SAID DULLY YOU CAN'T BUT PROFESSOR EDINGER A COG IN THE WHEELS OF A GREAT EDUCATIONAL MACHINE GLANCED AT THE WATCH ON HIS WRIST AGAIN HIS THIN SHOULDERS WERE STOOPED HIS VOICE TIRED MY CLASSES HE SAID I MUST BE GOING
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