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Hands Off
Excerpt from "Tell It Again;" Hands Off
I was in another stage of existence.
I was free from the limits of Time, and in new relations to Space.
Such is the poverty of the English language that I am obliged to use past tenses in my descriptions. We might have a verb which should have many forms indifferent to time, but we have not. The Pyramid Indians have.
It happened to me to watch, in this condition, the motion of several thousand solar systems all together.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
I was in another stage of existence.
I was free from the limits of Time, and in new relations to Space.
Such is the poverty of the English language that I am obliged to use past tenses in my descriptions. We might have a verb which should have many forms indifferent to time, but we have not. The Pyramid Indians have.
It happened to me to watch, in this condition, the motion of several thousand solar systems all together.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
43 pages, Paperback
First published September 27, 2015
About the author
Edward Everett Hale
823 books43 followersMore than one hundred fifty literary works of Unitarian cleric and writer Edward Everett Hale, younger brother of fellow American writer Lucretia Peabody Hale, include the story
The Man without a Country
.
This American author, historian, and child prodigy exhibited extraordinary literary skills; Harvard University enrolled him at 13 years of age, and he graduated second in his class. Hale went to write for a variety of publications and periodicals throughout his lifetime.
He fathered author Edward Everett Hale Jr..
This American author, historian, and child prodigy exhibited extraordinary literary skills; Harvard University enrolled him at 13 years of age, and he graduated second in his class. Hale went to write for a variety of publications and periodicals throughout his lifetime.
He fathered author Edward Everett Hale Jr..
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August 27, 2021Nice. Yes, the same Hale.
January 3, 2016
In 1881, Edward Everett Hale published "Hands Off" This was the first known story to feature an alternate history being created as a result of time travel.
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