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| Transcriber's Note |
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| This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction, |
| December 1955. Extensive research did not uncover any |
| evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was |
| renewed. |
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| A few obvious typographical errors have been corrected. |
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| Punctuation has been left as is. |
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