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Chapter I. The Blurring Of Lines

           Shallowobserversmaytreatthematterasonewhichcanbedisregarded,butonewholikemyselfispossessedofthedeeperintelligenceofthetruephilosopherwillunderstandthatthepossibilitiesoftheuniverseareincalculableandthatthewisestmanishewhoholdshimselfreadyfortheunexpected.Totakeanobviousexample,whowouldundertaketosaythatthemysteriousanduniversaloutbreakofillness,recordedinyourcolumnsthisverymorningashavingbrokenoutamongtheindigenousracesofSumatra,hasnoconnectionwithsomecosmicchangetowhichtheymayrespondmorequicklythanthemorecomplexpeoplesofEurope?Ithrowouttheideaforwhatitisworth.Toassertitis,inthepresentstage,asunprofitableastodenyit,butitisanunimaginativenumskullwhoistoodensetoperceivethatitiswellwithintheboundsofscientificpossibility.

           "Yoursfaithfully,

           "GEORGEEDWARDCHALLENGER.

           "THEBRIARS,ROTHERFIELD."

           "It’safine,steemulatingletter,"saidMcArdlethoughtfully,fittingacigaretteintothelongglasstubewhichheusedasaholder."What’syouropeenionofit,Mr.Malone?"

           Ihadtoconfessmytotalandhumiliatingignoranceofthesubjectatissue.What,forexample,wereFraunhofer’slines?McArdlehadjustbeenstudyingthematterwiththeaidofourtamescientistattheoffice,andhepickedfromhisdesktwoofthosemany-colouredspectralbandswhichbearageneralresemblancetothehat-ribbonsofsomeyoungandambitiouscricketclub.

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