Time mechine #Part 6
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.
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‘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.
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‘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!’
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‘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.’
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‘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!’
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‘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?’
‘The experiment!’ cried Filby, who was getting brain-
weary.