Possibly not, said the Time Traveller. But now you begin to see the
object of my investigations into the geometry of Four Dimensions. Long
ago I had a vague inkling of a machine
To travel through Time! exclaimed the Very Young Man.
That shall travel indifferently in any direction of Space and Time, as
the driver determines.
Filby contented himself with laughter.
But I have experimental verification, said the Time Traveller.
It would be remarkably convenient for the historian, the Psychologist
suggested. One might travel back and verify the accepted account of
the Battle of Hastings, for instance!
Don t you think you would attract attention? said the Medical Man.
Our ancestors had no great tolerance for anachronisms.
One might get one s Greek from the very lips of Homer and Plato, the
Very Young Man thought.
In which case they would certainly plough you for the Little-go. The
German scholars have improved Greek so much.
Then there is the future, said the Very Young Man. Just think! One
might invest all one s money, leave it to accumulate at interest, and
hurry on ahead!
To discover a society, said I, erected on a strictly communistic
basis.
Of all the wild extravagant theories! began the Psychologist.
Yes, so it seemed to me, and so I never talked of it until
Experimental verification! cried I. You are going to verify _that_?
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