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"
Of
what
?
"
Harlan
thought
:
Well
,
it
’
s
something
to
listen
to
,
anyway
.
"
I
sometimes
thought
about
Eternity
as
it
was
when
it
was
first
established
.
It
stretched
over
just
a
few
Centuries
in
the
30
’
s
and
40
’
s
,
and
its
function
was
mostly
trade
.
It
interested
itself
in
the
ref
orestation
of
denuded
areas
,
shipping
topsoil
back
and
forth
,
fresh
water
,
fine
chemicals
.
Those
were
simple
days
.
"
But
then
we
discovered
Reality
Changes
.
Senior
Computer
Henry
Wadsman
,
in
the
dramatic
manner
with
which
we
are
all
acquainted
,
prevented
a
war
by
removing
the
safety
brake
of
a
Congressman
’
s
ground
vehicle
.
After
that
,
more
and
more
,
Eternity
shifted
its
center
of
gravity
from
trade
to
Reality
Change
.
Why
?
"
Harlan
said
,
"
The
obvious
reason
.
Betterment
of
humanity
.
"
"
Yes
.
Yes
.
In
normal
times
,
I
think
so
too
.
But
I
’
m
talking
of
my
nightmare
.
What
if
there
were
another
reason
,
an
unexpressed
one
,
an
unconscious
one
.
A
man
who
can
travel
into
the
indefinite
future
may
meet
men
as
far
advanced
over
himself
as
he
himself
is
over
an
ape
.
Why
not
?
"
"
Maybe
.
But
men
are
men
-
-
"
"
-
even
in
the
70
,
000th
.
Yes
,
I
know
.
And
have
our
Reality
Changes
had
something
to
do
with
it
?
We
bred
out
the
unusual
.
Even
Sennor
’
s
homewhen
with
its
hairless
creatures
is
under
continual
question
and
that
’
s
harmless
enough
.
Perhaps
in
all
honesty
,
in
all
sincerity
,
we
’
ve
prevented
human
evolution
because
we
don
’
t
want
to
meet
the
supermen
.
"
Still
no
spark
was
struck
.
Harlan
said
,
"
Then
it
’
s
done
.
Vhat
does
it
matter
?
"
"
But
what
if
the
superman
exists
just
the
same
,
further
upwhen
than
we
can
reach
?
We
control
only
to
the
70
,
000th
.
Beyond
that
are
the
Hidden
Centuries
!
Why
are
they
hidden
?
Because
evolved
man
does
not
want
to
deal
with
us
and
bars
us
from
his
time
?
Why
do
we
allow
them
to
remain
hidden
?
Because
we
don
’
t
want
to
deal
with
them
and
,
having
failed
to
enter
in
our
first
attempt
,
we
refuse
even
to
make
additional
attempts
?
I
don
’
t
say
it
’
s
our
conscious
reason
,
but
conscious
or
unconscious
,
it
’
s
a
reason
.
"
