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"Yes," he said to himself, as he drew a deep breath of the sweet spring air. "I was right; that's it. The fourth dimension is a form of duration in some way correlated with space. YES HE SAID TO HIMSELF AS HE DREW A DEEP BREATH OF THE SWEET SPRING AIR I WAS RIGHT THAT'S IT THE FOURTH DIMENSION IS A FORM OF DURATION IN SOME WAY CORRELATED WITH SPACE
ot 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. The world that he had been born in lay ten thousand years behind him. For all he knew, he might be standing upon what was now the earth's North Pole. Civilisation, as he had known it, might have been wiped off the face of the earth, and the remnants of humanity flung back into savagery. He looked up at the sun, and saw that it was almost exactly where it had been, and that it had not perceptibly diminished in power. The idea was not at all pleasant to him, and very naturally his thoughts turned back once more to his cosy home that had been on the edge of Wimbledon Common ten thousand years ago. He remembered, with a curious sort of thrill, some notes which he had to complete that morning for his lecture--and in the same instant he was walking back across the turf towards his house through the warm May sunshine. E 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 THE WORLD THAT HE HAD BEEN BORN IN LAY TEN THOUSAND YEARS BEHIND HIM FOR ALL HE KNEW HE MIGHT BE STANDING UPON WHAT IS NOW THE EARTH'S NORTH POLE CIVILIZATION AS HE HAD KNOWN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND THE REMNANTS OF HUMANITY FLUNG BACK INTO SAVAGERY HE LOOKED UP AT THE SUN AND SAW IT WAS ALMOST EXACTLY WHERE IT HAD BEEN AND THAT IT HAD NOT PERCEPTIBLY DIMINISHED IN POWER THE IDEA WAS NOT AT ALL PLEASANT TO HIM AND VERY NATURALLY HIS THOUGHTS TURNED BACK ONCE MORE TO HIS COSY HOME THAT HAD BEEN ON THE EDGE OF WIMBLEDON COMMON TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO HE REMEMBERED WITH A CURIOUS SORT OF THRILL SOME NOTES WHICH HE HAD TO COMPLETE THAT MORNING FOR HIS LECTURE AND IN THE SAME INSTANT HE WAS WALKING BACK ACROSS THE TURF TOWARDS HIS HOUSE THROUGH THE WARM MAY SUNSHINE
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