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I
know
this
much
:
species
evolve
only
to
meet
the
pressures
of
new
environments
.
In
a
stable
environment
,
a
species
may
remain
unchanged
for
millions
of
Centuries
.
Primitive
man
evolved
rapidly
because
his
environment
was
a
harsh
and
changing
one
.
Once
,
however
,
mankind
learned
to
create
his
own
environment
,
he
created
a
pleasant
and
stable
one
,
so
he
just
naturally
stopped
evolving
.
"
"
I
don
’
t
know
what
you
’
re
talking
about
,
"
said
Noys
,
sounding
not
the
least
mollified
,
"
and
you
’
re
not
saying
anything
about
us
,
which
is
what
I
want
to
talk
about
.
"
Harlan
managed
to
remain
outwardly
unmoved
.
He
said
,
"
Now
why
the
barrier
at
the
100
,
000th
?
What
purpose
did
it
serve
?
You
weren
’
t
harmed
.
What
other
meaning
could
it
have
?
I
asked
myself
:
What
happened
because
of
its
presence
that
would
not
have
happened
had
it
been
absent
?
"
He
paused
,
looking
at
his
clumsy
and
heavy
boots
of
natural
leather
.
It
occurred
to
him
that
he
could
add
to
his
comfort
by
removing
them
for
the
night
,
but
not
now
,
not
now
…
He
said
,
"
There
was
only
one
answer
to
that
question
.
The
existence
of
that
barrier
sent
me
raving
back
downwhen
to
get
a
neuronic
whip
,
to
assault
Finge
.
It
fired
me
to
the
thought
of
risking
Eternity
to
get
you
back
and
smashing
Eternity
when
I
thought
I
had
failed
.
Do
you
see
?
"
Noys
stared
at
him
with
a
mixture
of
horror
and
disbelief
.
"
Do
you
mean
the
people
in
the
upwhen
wanted
you
to
do
all
that
?
They
planned
it
?
"
"
Yes
.
Don
’
t
look
at
me
like
that
.
Yes
!
And
don
’
t
you
see
how
it
makes
everything
different
?
As
long
as
I
acted
on
my
own
,
for
reasons
of
my
own
,
I
’
ll
take
all
the
consequences
,
material
and
spiritual
.
But
to
be
fooled
into
it
,
to
be
tricked
into
it
,
by
people
handling
and
manipulating
my
emotions
as
though
I
were
a
Computaplex
on
which
it
was
only
necessary
to
insert
the
properly
perforated
foils
-
"
Harlan
realized
suddenly
that
he
was
shouting
and
stopped
abruptly
.
He
let
a
few
moments
pass
,
then
said
,
"
That
is
impossible
to
take
.
I
’
ve
got
to
undo
what
I
was
marionetted
into
doing
.
And
when
I
undo
it
,
I
will
be
able
to
rest
again
.
"
And
he
would
-
perhaps
.
He
could
feel
the
coming
of
an
impersonal
triumph
,
dissociated
from
the
personal
tragedy
which
lay
behind
and
ahead
.
The
circle
was
closing
!
