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—fromEinstein’sDreams
AlanLightman
9JUNE1905
Supposethatpeopleliveforever.
StraioysplitsiersandtheNows.
&ersreasonthatthereisnintheirclassesattheuolearnaseguage,toreadVoltaireoroseekpromotionintheirjobs,tofallioraiseafamily.Forallthesethings,thereisaninfinitespanoftime.Iime,allthingsbeaplished.Thusallthingswait.Iyasbreedmistakes.Andwhuewiththeirlogic?TheLatersbereizedinanyshoporpromeheywalkaandwearloose-fittiakepleasureinreadingwhatevermagazinesareingfurheirhihewayaleaffallsfromatree.TheLaterssitincafessippingddisgthepossibilitiesoflife.
ðatwithiheydoalltheye.Theywillhaveaninfinitenumberofcareers,theywillmarryaninfiimes,theywillgetheirpolitiitely.Eawillbealawyer,abricklayer,awriter,anat,apainter,aphysi,afarmer.Thelyreadingnewbooks,studyirades,newlanguages.Ietheinfinitiesoflife,theybeginearlyandnevergoslowly.Andwhoquestiiootted.Theyaretheowhecafes,thecollegeprofessors,thedodhepolitis,thepeoplewhorstlywhedowhroughasuoflives,eagertomissnothiwoNowseetatthehexagonalpilasteroftheZahriain,theyparethelivestheyhavemastered,exformation,aheiroLatersmeetatthesamelo,theypoureandfollowtheparabolaofthewaterwiththeireyes.
TheNowsandLatershaveohinginon.Withinfinitelifeesaofrelatives.Grasneverdie,-gras,great-auntsa-u-aunts,andsoon,backthroughthegeions,allaliveandadvieverestheshadowsoftheirfathers.Nhtersoftheirmothers.Nooneeveresintohisown.
Whenamanstartsabusiness,hefeelspelledtotalkitoverwithhisparentsandgrasa-gras,adinfinitum,tolearnfromtheirerrors.Forerpriseishiemptedbysomeahefamilytree.Ihingshavebeenaplished.Butataprisuchaworld,themultipliofatsispartlydividedbythedimiofambition.
Andwhenadaughterwantsguidanother,sheotgetitundiluted.Hermothermustaskhermother,whomustaskhermother,andsooassonsamakedeselves,theyottursfortadvitsarenotthesourceofty.Thereareonemillionsources.
Whereeveryaustbeverifiedonemilliontimes,lifeistentative.Bridgesthrusthalfwayoverriversalystop.Buildihbuthavenoroofs.Thegrocer’sstoger,salt,dbeefgewitheveryind,everysultatioenfisendjustdaysbefs.Andontheavereets,peopleturntheirheadsaheirbacks,toseewhomightbewatg.
Suchistheortality.Nopersoniswhole.Nopersoime,somehavedetermiheonlywaytoliveistodie.Ih,amanorawomaheweightofthepast.Thesefewsouls,withtheirdearrelativeslookingooLakeceorhurlthemselvesfromMonteLema,endingtheirinfihisway,thefinitehasqueredtheinfinite,millionsofautumnshaveyieldedtonoautumns,millionsofsnowfallshaveyieldedtonosnowfalls,millionsofadmonitionshaveyieldedtonone.
&Bandfinishthefollowingexercises.
&hepassageandsummarizetrastinformationaboutthetwotypesofpeople.
2)Exgeideaswithyourpart“Yourpictureofaworldwherepeoplecouldliveforever”
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