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Rh 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 plow you for the little-go. The German scholars have improved Greek so much." "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."

"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.