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The Time Machine - International World History Project

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Time</strong> <strong>Machine</strong>verify the accepted account of the Battle of Hastings, forinstance!’‘Don’t you think you would attract attention?’ said theMedical Man. ‘Our ancestors had no great tolerance foranachronisms.’‘One might get one’s Greek from the very lips ofHomer and Plato,’ the Very Young Man thought.‘In which case they would certainly plough you for theLittle-go. <strong>The</strong> German scholars have improved Greek somuch.’‘<strong>The</strong>n there is the future,’ said the Very Young Man.‘Just think! One might invest all one’s money, leave it toaccumulate at interest, and hurry on ahead!’‘To discover a society,’ said I, ‘erected on a strictlycommunistic basis.’‘Of all the wild extravagant theories!’ began thePsychologist.‘Yes, so it seemed to me, and so I never talked of ituntil—’‘Experimental verification!’ cried I. ‘You are going toverify THAT?’‘<strong>The</strong> experiment!’ cried Filby, who was getting brainweary.9 of 148

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