,,man  ,,made   ,by  ,,alb]t ,r4        
,,tei*n]    ,a /ory t comes to grips )  
an age-old  "q--:at is s\l8 & :]e8--&   
po/ulates an age-new answ]4   ,if ,i    
li/$ e tr\ble ,i've accumulat$ 9 a m]e  
two hundr$ odd ye>s y might be incl9$ to
 laugh4 ,:5 a tale ( woe piles up too _m
 details x looks ridicul\s1 unreal4 ,s  
"h1 at ! outset1 ,i want to say my life 
has n be5 a tragic "o--^: life is 9 ?is 
day ( advanc$ te*niques & univ]sal good 
w8--b t1 on ! contr>y1 ,i h enjoy$ ?is  
,e>? & ,sol> ,sy/em & all ! abundant    
int]e/s t x has (f]$ me4 ,if1 ly+ "h    
b5ea? ^! great lights1 ,i c\ld only be z
 sure ( joy 9 ! future4444  ,my "n is   
,treb ,hawley4 ,z f> back z ,i c rememb]
 9 my *ildhood1 ,i 0 always int]e/$ 9   
a/ronautics4 ,f ! age ( t5 ,i specializ$
 9 t subject1 nev] = a mom5t regrett+ ! 
*oice4 ,:5 ,i 0 /ill a *ild ( tw5ty-f\r 
,i took "p 9 ! ,n9? ,jupit] ,exp$ition &
 aft] t !re 7 _m m4 ,i _h a precoci\s   
m>riage at ?irty & my boys1 ,rob]t &    
,neil1 7 born )9 a few ye>s aft] ,m>la &

 ,i w$4 ,x 0 =tunate t ,i f\ght =       
gov]nm5t p]mission t e>ly2 aft] !       
accid5t1 despite my high rat+1 ,i w\ld h
 be5 d5i$ ! r>e privilege ( p>5?ood4  ,t
 accid5t1 ! fir/ "o1 took place :5 ,i 0 
fifty4 ,on ,planet #ab ( ! ,c5tauri     
,sy/em ,i 0 attack$ by a six-limb$      
primate & 0 badly mangl$ on ! left side 
be=e break+ loose to de/roy x4 ,surgical
 ,corps op]at$ )9 an h\r4 ,al?\gh !y did
 an excell5t pro/hetic job aft] remov+  
my left leg & arm1 ! sub/itut$ limbs _h 
_! limitations4 ,:ile !y p]mitt$ me to d
 all my jobs1 phantom pa9 0 a con/ant   
problem4 ,!re 7 new me?ods ( pro/hesis  
to elim9ate ?is weird effect b ^! 7 only
 available back on ! home planets4  ,i  
_h to wait "o ye> = ?is release4        
,mean:ile ,i _h pl5ty ( "t to           
contemplate my my/]i\s affliction2 !    
my/]y ( x 0 s great t ,i _h little *ance
 to notice h[ pa9ful x actually 04 ,!re 
is en\gh /rang5ess 9 feel+ ) absolute   
c]ta9ty t a limb exi/s :]e actually !re 
is no?+1 b ! /rang5ess is comp\nd$ :5 y 

look d[n & discov] t n only is ! leg    
gone b t ano!r1 me*anical "o has tak5   
its place4 ,dr4 ,erics1 :o _h p]=m$ !   
op]ation1 said ?is difficulty w\ld      
ultimately prove a bless+ b ,i (t5 _h my
 d\bts4         99       99       99    
99       99  ,he 0 "r4 ,^u my return to 
,e>?1 ! s]i\s op]ations took place1 ^?  
giv+ me pla/ic limbs t w\ld become liv+ 
p>ts ( my organic /ructure4 ,! same     
outw>d pu% ( ! bra9 & n]v\s sy/em t _h  
creat$ phantom pa9 n[ made :at 0        
artificial seem real4 ,n only did my own
 blood c\rse ?r\gh ! protopla/ic b ,i   
c\ld feel x do+ s4 ,! adju/m5t took less
 ?an a week & x 0 a complete "o4        
,=tunately ! "t 0 already pa/ :5        
protopla/ pati5ts 7 look$ ^u z some?+   
mildly freaki% & to be piti$4           
,artificial noses1 e>s & limbs 7 becom+ 
q common4 ,:e!r !re 0 "s ju/ification = 
! e>li] reaction ( pity1 h[ev]1 /ill    
rema9s to be se54  ,my c>e] resum$ & ,i 
0 accept$ = ! next ,c5tauri ,exp$ition  
)\t any que/ions be+ ask$4 ,z a matt] ( 

fact1 ,plann+ ,c5t] pref]r$ p 9 my      
condition2 protopla/ limbs 7 m durable  
?an ! real--no1 let u say ! orig9al--?+4
  ,at home & at ! bea* no "o bo!r$ to   
notice my recon/ruct$ arm & leg4 ,!y    
look$ too natural = ! idea to occur to p
 :o did n "k me4 ,& ,m>la treat$ ! :ole 
?+ l a big joke4 ,y're bett] ?an new1 %e
 us$ to tell me & ! kids want$ to "k :5 
!y c\ld h second matt] limbs ( _! own4  
,life 0 good to me4 ,! "o-ye> p]iods    
away f home pass$ quickly & ! five-ye>  
lay(fs on ,e>? p]mitt$ me to devote     
myself to my hobbies1 music & ma!matics1
 )\t tak+ any "t away f my family4      
,ev5tually1 ( c\rse1 my condition became
 an extremely common "o4 ,:o is !re     
today among my read]s :o has all ! p>ts 
) :i* he 0 born8 ,if any su* p]son pa/ !
 *ildhood sixty ye>s did1 he w\ld be !  
freak4  ,!n at n9ety new difficulties   
arose4 ,a new ,c5taurian subvirus       
attack$ my *e/ m>r[4 ,z is /ill true 9  
?is infection1 ! virus prov$ to be      
in]adicable4 ,my ribs w]5't1 ?\gh1 & a  

protopla/ic cas+1 exactly l ! ?oracic   
cavity1 0 sub/itut$4 ,x 0 discov]$ t !  
infection _h spread to my "r radius &   
ulna s "h too a simple sub/itution 0    
made4 ,( c\rse1 su* a radical infection 
meant my circulatory sy/em 0 contam9at$ 
& syn!tically creat$ liv+ hemopla/ 0    
pump$ 9 z soon z all ! blood 0 remov$4  
,?is did attract att5tion4 ,at ! "t !   
proc$ure 0 /ill new & "s m$ical p w>n$ x
 w\ld n take4 ,!y 7 "r only to ?is      
ext5t3 ! old c>dio>t]ial organs         
occasionally hunt$ into defective       
fe$back t requir$ sy/ole-dia/ole        
adju/m5ts4 ,protopla/ic circulatory     
sub/itutes correct$ ! defici5cy &1 j to 
avoid ! slight possibility ( fur!r      
complications1 ! v5\s sy/em 0 also      
replac$4 ,s9ce ! *angeov] !re hasn't be5
 ! lea/ tr\ble 9 t sector4  ,by !n ,m>la
 _h a p]fect artificial e> & bo? ( my   
sons _h lo/ _! cong5itally diseas$      
liv]s4 ,!re 0 no?+ extraord9>y ab\t our 
family2 only 9 my case 7 replacem5ts    
some:at above ! _w av]age4  ,i am pr\d  

to say t ,i 0 among ! fir/ ?\s& :o made 
! pione] voyage on hyp]drive to ! />    
gr\p beyond ,c5taurus4 ,we return$ 9    
triumph ) our fanta/ic b true tales ( ! 
organic planet ,vita & ! contemplative  
humanoids ( ,nirva :o w consci\sness    
into subjectively grasp+ ! life & beauty
 ( subatomic space4 ,! k we br\ght back 
assur$ t ! fatal disease ( ennui c\ld   
nev] aga9 attack man ?\gh !y liv$ to    
,aleph ,null4  ,on ! second voyage      
,m>la1 ,rob]t & ,neil w5t ) me4 ,?is    
took a little political wrangl+ b x 0   
wor? ?r[+ my m]it ar\nd to see !m b5efit
 f ,nirvan discov]ies ev5 be=e ! re/ (  
humanity4 ,planet>y ,c\ncil agre$ my    
s]vices entitl$ me to ?is special       
consid]ation4 ,truly ,i c\ld feel among 
! bless$4  ,!n ,i volunte]$ = ! small   
exp$ition>y =ce to ! #ch? moon t !      
,nirvans !mselves refus$ to visit4 ,!y  
tri$ to dissuade u b1 be+ ( a mu* y\ng] 
species1 we 7 less plagu$ by caution &  
w5t anyway4 ,! m\nta9s ( ?is little moon
 are up to fifte5 miles high1 caus+ a   

/ate ( in/ability t is *ronic4 ,walk+   
d[n ^? alaba/] valleys 0 a m awesome    
exp]i5ce ?an any galactic vi/a ,i h ev] 
enc\nt]$4 ,our ae/hetic s5se prov$      
/rong] ?an common s5se al]tness & sev5 (
 u 7 buri$ 9 a rock slide4         99   
99       99       99       99           
,=tunately ! great rocks =m$ a cav]n    
above u4 ,aft] two days we 7 rescu$4 ,! 
o!rs _h suff]$ su* m9or injuries t !y 7 
repair$ be=e our craft l&$ on ,nirva4   
,i1 ?\gh1 unconsci\s & fev]i%1 0 9 s]i\s
 condition f sk9 abrasions & a comm9ut$ 
cranium4 ,dr4 ,erics made ! only        
possible prognosis4 ,my skull _h to be  
remov$ & a completely new protosk9 _h to
 be suppli$ also4         99       99   
99       99       99  ,:5 ,i came out ( 
coma ,m>la 0 /&+ at my b$side1 smil+ d[n
 at me4 ,d y feel1 %e /umbl$1 d>l+1 ,i  
mean1 d y feel ! way y did8  ,i 0       
puzzl$4 ,sure1 ,i'm ,treb ,hawley1 ,i'm 
y\r husb&1 & ,i rememb] an awful fall ( 
rocks b n[ ,i feel exactly ! way ,i     
always h4 ,i did n ev5 realize t fur!r  

sub/itutions _h be5 made & did n believe
 !m :5 !y told me ab\t x4  ,n[ ,i 0 an  
object ( curiosity4 ,^u our return to   
,e>? ! newspla/ics hail$ me z "o ( ! mo/
 highly re9tegrat$ individuals any:]e4  
,9 all ! teem+ doma9 ( man !re 7 only   
sev5 hundr$ :o _h gone ?r\gh z _m       
sub/itutions z ,i _h4 ,:]e1 !y          
philosophis$ 9 pass+1 w\ld a man cease  
to be a man 9 ! sequ5ce ( sub/itutions8 
,philosophy _h nev] be5 an important    
preoccupation ( m9e4 ,x 0 ! only        
discipl9e no fur!r ahead 9 its really   
ess5tial que/ions ?an ! ,greeks ( f\r   
?\s& ye>s ago4 ,oh c]ta9ly1 !re _h be5  
lots ( te*nical improvem5ts t 7 fasc9at+
 b ^! 7 p]iph]al po9ts2 ! basic issues  
c\ld n be exp]im5tally te/$ s !y _h to  
rema9 on ! level ( accept$ or reject$   
axioms4 ,i wasn't ab\t to devote mu* "t 
to !m :5 ! :ole fasc9at+ field (        
subatomic mirror numb]s 0 j op5+ up2    
c]ta9ly n because a few s5sational      
j\rnali/s 7 toy+ ) dead-end notions4 ,= 
t matt] ! newspla/ics w]5't ei!r &      

quickly w5t back to ! regul> ma!matical 
reportage !y d s well4  ,a few decades  
lat]1 h[ev]1 ,i wasn't s cocksure4 ,!   
old ,c5taurian virus _h reappe>$ 9 my   
bra9 ( all places & ,i />t$ to h a      
peculi> feel+ ab\t :]e ! end po9t 9 all 
?is re9tegrat+ r\t9e w\ld lie4 ,n t !   
bra9 op]ation 0 a risk2 ?\s&s ( p _h    
already gone ?r\gh x & ! sub/itute      
organisms _h made no fundam5tal *ange 9 
!m4 ,x didn't 9 my case ei!r4 ,b n[ ,i 0
 m second matt] ?an any man 9 hi/ory4   
,x's ! old "q ( ,a*illes' ,%ip1 ,dr4    
,erics told me4  ,nev] he>d ( x1 ,i     
said4  ,x's a p>able1 ,treb1 ab\t       
concretis$ =ms ( a cont9uum 9 its       
discrete aspects4  ,i see ! !oretical "q
 b :at has ,a*illes' ,%ip to d ) x8  ,he
 furr[$ 8 protopla/ br[ t look$ z y\?ful
 z x _h a c5tury ago4 ,?is %ip consi/$ (
 sev]al hundr$ planks1 mo/ ( !m =m+ !   
hull1 "s 9 ! =m ( b5*es & o>s & a       
ma9ma/4 ,x s]v$ its primitive purpose   
well b ev5tually sprang a leak4 ,"s ( ! 
hull planks _h to be replac$ aft] :i* x 

0 z good z new4 ,ano!r ye> ( h>d use    
br\ght fur!r hull tr\bles & "s m planks 
7 remov$ = new ones4 ,!n ! ma/ collaps$ 
& a new "o 0 put 94 ,aft] t ! %ip 0 9   
su* good %ape t x c\ld outrace mo/ ( ^? 
j (f ! ways4  ,i _h an uneasy feel+ ab\t
 :]e ?is p>able 0 lead+ u b my m9d %i$  
away f ! ess5tial po9t & ,erics w5t     
rel5tlessly on4 ,z ! ye>s pass$ m       
repairs 7 made--fir/ a new set ( o>s1 !n
 "s m planks1 /ill new] o>s1 /ill m     
planks4 ,ev5tually ,a*illes1 an un?9k+  
man ( action :o /ill tri$ to be aw>e (  
:at happ5$ to ! in/rum5ts ( action he   
ne$$ mo/1 realiz$ t n "o spl9t] ( !     
orig9al %ip rema9$4 ,0 ?is1 !n1 a new   
%ip8 ,at fir/ he 0 incl9$ to say yes4 ,b
 ?is only evok$ ! fur!r "q3 :5 _h x     
become ! new %ip8 ,0 x :5 ! la/ plank 0 
replac$ or :5 half _h be58 ,8 confid5tly
 /at$ answ] collaps$4 ,yet h[ c\ld he   
say x 0 ! old %ip :5 ev]y?+ ab\t x 0 a  
sub/itution8 ,! "q 0 too mu* = him4 ,:5 
he came to ,a!ns he turn$ ! problem ov] 
to ! wise m5 ( t city1 refus+ ev] to ?9k

 ab\t x aga94         99       99       
99       99       99  ,my m9d 0 n[ 9    
turmoil4 ,:at1 ,i dem&$1 :at did !y     
decide8  ,erics fr[n$4 ,no?+4 ,!y c\ld n
 answ] ! "q4 ,e available answ] 0       
equally "r & prov$ e o!r "r answ] wrong4
 ,z y "k1 philosophy does n progress 9  
its ess5tials4 ,x m]ely cont9ues to     
cl>ify :at ! problems are4  ,i pref] to 
die next "t6 ,i %\t$4 ,i want to be a   
live human be+ or a dead "o1 n a ma*9e4 
,maybe y won't be a ma*9e4 ,no?+ exactly
 l ?is has happ5$ be=e to a liv+ organic
 be+4  ,i knew ,i _h to be on my gu>d4  
,:at peculi> s*eme 0 afoot8 ,y're try+  
to say some?+'s /ill wrong ) me4 ,x     
isn't true4 ,i feel z well z ,i ev] h4  
,y\r 'feel+' is a dang]\s illusion4 ,8  
face 0 space-du/ grey & ,i realiz$ )    
horror t he meant all ( x4 ,i _h to tell
 y ! p>able & %[ ! possible alt]natives 
cle>ly4 ,treb1 y're riddl$ ) ,c5taurian 
,z$ virus4 ,unless we remove almo/ all !
 rema9+ fir/ gr[? organisms y w be dead 
)9 six mon?s4  ,i didn't c>e any m :e!r 

he meant x or n2 ! idea 0 too ridicul\s4
 ,dea? is too r>e & ana*roni/ic a       
ph5om5on today4 ,y're ! "o :o ne$s      
treatm5t1 ,doctor4 ,ov]work1 too mu*    
/udy1 "o idea on ! bra9 too mu*4        
,resign$1 he %rugg$ 8 %\ld]s4 ,all !    
fir/ matt] %\ld be remov$ except = !    
sp9al *ord & ! v]tebrae4 ,y'd /ill h t4 
,v k9d ( y1 ,i said1 & walk$ away1      
det]m9$ to h no m ( 8 lectures n[ or 9 !
 future4  ,m>la want$ to "k :y ,i seem$ 
s jumpy4 ,seems is j ! ^w1 ,i snapp$4   
,nev] felt bett] 9 my life4  ,t's j :at 
,i mean1 %e said4 ,jumpy4  ,i let h] h !
 la/ ^w b det]m9$ to be calm] f !n on4  
,i 04 ,&1 z ! weeks pass$1 ! mask ,i put
 on sank deep] & deep] until t 0 ! way  
,i really felt4 ',:5 y c face dea?      
s]5ely y w n h to face x4' ,t is :at    
,sophilus1 "o ( our lead+ philosoph]s1  
has said4 ,i 0 liv+ ?is tru?4 ,my "w on 
inf9ite s]ies w5t m smoo?ly & swiftly   
?an any ma!matical rese>* ,i _h engag$ 9
 be=e & my s5ses respond$ to liv+ )     
great] ze/ ?an ev]4         99       99 

99       99       99  ,five mon?s lat]1 
:ile walk+ ?r\gh ,hydroponic ,p>k1 ,i   
felt ! fir/ awful tremor ?r\gh my body4 
,x 0 z if ! e>? b5ea? my feet 7 %ak+1 l 
t awful aft]noon on ,nirva's moon4 ,b no
 rocks fell f ?is sky & o!r /roll]s mov$
 across my vision z if ! _w ( five      
m9utes ago _h n collaps$4 ,! horror 0   
only inside me4  ,i w5t to ano!r doctor 
& ask$ = ,/abiliz9e4 ,p]haps y ne$ a    
*eckup1 he sugge/$4  ,t 0 ! la/ ?+ ,i   
want$ & ,i said s4 ,he1 too1 %rugg$     
resign$ly & made out my prescription = !
 h>mless drug4 ,aft] t ! hamm] ( pa9 did
 n /rike aga9 b (t5 ,i c\ld feel x bru% 
by me4 ,ea* "t my self-adm9i/]$ dosage  
_h to be increas$4  ,ev5tually my       
equations /opp$ ty+ toge!r 9 my m9d4 ,i 
w\ld />e at ! calculation %eets = h\rs  
at a "t1 ask+ myself :y x %\ld be "h or 
integral op]ation !re4 ,! tru? c\ld n be
 avoid$3 my m9d c\ld no long] grasp     
tru?4  ,i w5t1 9 grudg+ defeat1 to      
,erics4 ,y h to w91 ,i said & describ$  
my exp]i5ces4  ,"s ?+s are inevitable1  

he nodd$ solemnly1 & "s are n4 ,?is may 
solve all y\r problems4  ,n all1 ,i hop$
 al\d4  ,m>la w5t ) me to hospital4 ,%e 
realiz$ ! dang] ,i 0 9 b put ! be/      
possible face on x4 ,h] c\rage & support
 made all ! diff]5ce & ,i w5t into !    
second matt] *amb]1 ready = :atev] fate 
await$ me4  ,no?+ happ5$4 ,i came out ( 
! *amb] all protopla/ except = ! sp9al  
zone4 ,yet ,i 0 /ill ,treb ,hawley4 ,z !
 coma fad$ away1 ! la/ equation fad$ 91 
completely mean+ful & soon foll[$ by all
 ! leads ,i c\ld h&le = ! next few ye>s4
  ,psy*ophysiology 0 9 an upro> ov] my  
success4 ,man c n[ be all protopla/1 "s 
said4 ,o!rs z vehem5tly insi/$ "s t9y b 
tangible *romosome-organ l9k to ! pa/   
mu/ rema94 ,= my "p x all s\nd$ v       
academic2 ,i 0 well aga94  ,!re 0 "o    
unhappy mom5t :5 ,i appli$ = ! new      
,c5tauri ,exp$ition4 ,too mu* ( a risk1 
! ,consult+ ,bo>d told me4 ,n t y ar5't 
9 p]fect condition b !re are unkn[n1    
unte/$ factors & out 9 space !y         
might--m9d y1 we j say might--prove     

disadvantage\s4 ,!y all look$ emb>rass$ 
& kept _! eyes (f me1 pref]r+ to        
conc5trate on ! m$als l9$ up across !   
table t 7 to be my consolation prize4   
,i 0 disconsolate at fir/ & w\ld look   
long+ly up at ! />s :i* 7 n[1 p]haps    
=ev]1 beyond my rea*4 ,b my sons 7 go+  
out !re &1 = "s inexplicable reason1 t  
gave me great solace4 ,!n1 too1 ,e>? 0  
/ill "y & beautiful & s 0 ,m>la4 ,i /ill
 _h ! full capacity to enjoy ^! bless+s4
         99       99       99       99  
99  ,n = long4 ,:5 we saw ! boys (f to  
,c5tauri ,i _h a dizzy spell & only ) ! 
greate/ ef=t hid my di/ress until ! long
 tra9 ( %ips _h ris5 out ( sight4 ,!n ,i
 lay d[n 9 ! ,visitors ,l\nge f :]e ,i  
c\ld n be mov$ = sev]al h\rs4 ,great    
waves ( pa9 fla%$ up & d[n my sp9e z if 
massive voltages 7 be+ releas$ )9 me4 ,!
 re/ ( my body /ood up well to ?is      
assault b e few seconds ,i _h ! e]ie    
s5sation t ,i 0 back 9 my old body1 a   
gho/ly sup]imposition on ! liv+         
protopla/1 z ! sp9al *ord project$ its  

agony outw>d4 ,f9ally ! pa9 subsid$1    
succe$$ by a blank numbness4  ,i 0 c>ri$
 on gravito-cu%ions to ,erics' (fice4 ,x
 _h to be1 he sigh$4 ,i didn't h ! he>t 
to tell y aft] ! la/ op]ation4 ,!       
subvirus is attack+ ! int]nuncial       
neurones4  ,i knew :at t meant b 0 pa/  
c>+4 ,we're n immortal--n yet1 ,i said4 
,i'm ready = ! end4  ,we c /ill try1 he 
said4  ,i /ruggl$ to laugh b ev5 gave up
 t little ge/ure4 ,ano!r op]ation8 ,no1 
x c't make any diff]5ce4  ,x might4 ,we 
don't "k4  ,h[ c\ld x8  ,suppose1 ,treb1
 j suppose y d come out ( x all "r4 ,y'd
 be ! fir/ man to be completely ( second
 matt]6  ,erics1 x c't "w4 ,=get x4  ,i 
won't =get x4 ,y said we're n immortal  
b1 ,treb1 y\r survival w\ld be ano!r /ep
 9 t direction4 ,! s\l's immortality has
 to be tak5 on fai? n[--if x's tak5 at  
all4 ,y c\ld be ! fir/ sci5tific pro( t 
! develop+ s\l has ! mom5tum to c>ry pa/
 ! body 9 :i* x gr[s4 ,at ! lea/ y w\ld 
repres5t a /ep 9 ! direction ( s\l fre$ 
f matt]4  ,i c\ld take no m ( su* talk4 

,g ahead1 ,i said1 d :at y want4 ,i give
 my cons5t4  ,! la/ few days h be5 ! mo/
 hectic ( my life4 ,doz5s ( great       
physicians1 fl[n 9 f e sector ( ! ,sol> 
,sy/em1 h exam9$ me4 ,i'm leav+ my body 
to sci5ce1 ,i told "o p>ticul>ly prodd+ 
gr\p1 b y're n giv+ x a *ance to die6 ,x
 is easy = me to die n[2 :5 y h truly   
resign$ y\rself to dea? no?+ 9 life c   
di/urb y4 ,i h at long la/ rea*$ t      
completely /oical mom5t4 ,t is :y ,i h  
record$ ?is hi/ory ) z mu* objectivity z
 cont9u+ vitality c p]mit4         99   
99       99       99       99  ,! op]at+
 !atre 0 cr[d$ = my f9al p]=mance &     
sev]al ,tri-,d video cam]as />$ d[n at  
me4 ,pupils1 lights & l5ses1 all came to
 a glitt]+ focus on me4 ,i sl[ly clos$  
my eyes to blot ! hypnotic horror out4  
,b :5 ,i op5$ !m ev]y?+ 0 /ill !re z    
be=e4 ,!n ,erics' head1 gr[+ z he       
inspect$ my face m closely1 cov]$ ev]y?+
 else up4  ,:5 are y go+ to beg98 ,i    
dem&$4  ,we h f9i%$1 he answ]$ 9 awe t  
v]g$ ^u rev]5ce4 ,y are ! new ,adam6    

,!re 0 a m\nt+ bur/ ( applause z !      
view]s le>n$ :at ,i _h said4 ,my m9d 0  
work+ m cle>ly ?an x _h 9 a long "t &1 )
 all ! wisdom ( h9dsight1 ,i wond]$ h[  
anyone c\ld h ev] d\bt$ ! outcome4 ,we  
_h kn[n all along t e bit ( atomic matt]
 9 ea* cell is replac$ _m times 9 "o    
lifetime1 electron by electron1 )\t !   
cell's ov]all =m disappe>+4 ,n[1 by     
equally gradual /eps1 x _h happ5$ 9 !   
va/] ar5a ( ,newtonian liv+ matt]4  ,i  
sat up sl[ly1 look+ ) r5ew$ wond] on    
ev]y?+ f ! magnetic screw 9 ! light     
above my head to ! nail on ! wriggl+ toe
 ( my left foot4 ,i 0 m ?an ,a*illes'   
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