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Certain First Principles

           "Todosuchathingwouldbetotranscendmagic. AndIbeheld,uncloudedbydoubt,amagnificentvisionofallthatinvisibilitymightmeantoaman—themystery,thepower,thefreedom. DrawbacksIsawnone. Youhaveonlytothink! AndI,ashabby,poverty-struck,hemmed-indemonstrator,teachingfoolsinaprovincialcollege,mightsuddenlybecome—this. Iaskyou,Kempifyou...Anyone,Itellyou,wouldhaveflunghimselfuponthatresearch. AndIworkedthreeyears,andeverymountainofdifficultyItoiledovershowedanotherfromitssummit.Theinfinitedetails!Andtheexasperation! Aprofessor,aprovincialprofessor,alwaysprying.'Whenareyougoingtopublishthisworkofyours?'washiseverlastingquestion.Andthestudents,thecrampedmeans!ThreeyearsIhadofit— 

           "Andafterthreeyearsofsecrecyandexasperation,Ifoundthattocompleteitwasimpossible—impossible." 

           "How?"askedKemp. 

           "Money,"saidtheInvisibleMan,andwentagaintostareoutofthewindow. 

           Heturnedaroundabruptly. "Irobbedtheoldman—robbedmyfather. 

           "Themoneywasnothis,andheshothimself." 

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