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Rex Ex Machina, by Frederic Max
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Title: Rex Ex Machina
Author: Frederic Max
Release Date: April 8, 2009 [EBook #28543]
Language: English
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The domination of the minds of tractable Man is not new. Many men have dreamed of it. Certainly some of them have tried. This man succeeded.
rex ex machina
by ... Frederic Max
One final lesson--a dying man's last letter to his only son that completes the young man's education.
MY DEAR SON:--
The doctors have left and I am told that in a few hours I shall die. In my lifetime the world has progressed from the chaotic turmoil of the early Atomic era to the peacefulness and tranquility of our present age, and I die content.
For ten years I have instructed you in all that you will need for the future. One final lesson remains to be taught.
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On the wall of my bedchamber hangs a citation "from a grateful government for services too secret to be herein set forth." In past years you have asked me repeatedly about this citation, but each time I have taken pains to avoid a direct answer. Now it is proper that you should know.
Forty years a