And finally, people are against it." "But why?" "Because they're against science in general. You should know this as well as anyone, Professor. - Isaac Asimov

But my parents decided to risk it, and they got in just under the wire, for in 1924 stricter immigration quotas were imposed and we would not have been allowed to enter. My father came to the United States in the hope of a better life for his children, and this he certainly achieved. He lived to see one son a successful writer, another son a successful journalist, and a daughter happily married. However, this was

His face bore a half smile that gave the illusion of friendliness while making it clear somehow that it was only an illusion.

centuries would yet pass before the mighty works of fifty generations of humans would decay past use. Only the declining powers of men, themselves, rendered them useless now.