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Alchemist, v. 1, issue 4, December 1940
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18 ALCHEMIST five, three were women--one German in ancestry, one Basque, one an Eurasian; a Hindu who traced his decent from the line of Gautama; a jew who traced his from Solomon. All were one with Narodny in indifference to the world; each with him in his viewpoint on life; and each and all lived in his or her own Eden among the hundred caverns except when it interested them to work with each other. Time meant nothing to them. Their researches and discoveries were solely for their own uses and enjoyments. If they had given them to the outer world they would only have been ammunition for warfare either between men upon Earth or Earth against some other planet. Why hasten humanity's suicide? Not that they would have felt regret at the eclipse of humanity. But why trouble to expedite it? Time meant nothing to them, because they could live as long as they desired--barring accident. And while there was rock in the world Narodny could convert it into energy to maintain his Paradise--or to create others. The old house began to crack and crumble. It fell--much more quickly than the elements could have brought its destruction. Then trees grew among the ruins of its foundations; and the field that had been so strangely cleared was overgrown with trees. The land became a wood in a few short years; silent except for the roar of an occasional rocket passing over it and the songs of birds which had there a sanctuary. [Continued Next Issue]
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18 ALCHEMIST five, three were women--one German in ancestry, one Basque, one an Eurasian; a Hindu who traced his decent from the line of Gautama; a jew who traced his from Solomon. All were one with Narodny in indifference to the world; each with him in his viewpoint on life; and each and all lived in his or her own Eden among the hundred caverns except when it interested them to work with each other. Time meant nothing to them. Their researches and discoveries were solely for their own uses and enjoyments. If they had given them to the outer world they would only have been ammunition for warfare either between men upon Earth or Earth against some other planet. Why hasten humanity's suicide? Not that they would have felt regret at the eclipse of humanity. But why trouble to expedite it? Time meant nothing to them, because they could live as long as they desired--barring accident. And while there was rock in the world Narodny could convert it into energy to maintain his Paradise--or to create others. The old house began to crack and crumble. It fell--much more quickly than the elements could have brought its destruction. Then trees grew among the ruins of its foundations; and the field that had been so strangely cleared was overgrown with trees. The land became a wood in a few short years; silent except for the roar of an occasional rocket passing over it and the songs of birds which had there a sanctuary. [Continued Next Issue]
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