"George O. Smith - Highways in Hiding" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith George O)

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Historical Note
In the founding days of Rhine Institute the need arose for a new punctuation mark which would indicate
on the printed page that the passage was of mental origin, just as the familiar quotation marks indicate
that the words between them were of verbal origin. Accordingly, the symbol # was chosen, primarily
because it appears on every typewriter.

Up to the present time, the use of the symbol # to indicate directed mental communication has been
restricted to technical papers, term theses, and scholarly treatises by professors, scholars, and students of
telepathy.

Here, for the first time in any popular work, the symbol # is used to signify that the passage between the
marks was mental communication.

Steve Cornell, M. Ing.
 STALEMATE
Macklin said, “Please put that weapon down, Mr. Cornell. Let's not add attempted murder to your other
crimes.”

“Don't force me to it, then,” I told him.

But I knew I couldn't do it. I hated them all. I wanted the whole Highways in Hiding rolled up like an old
discarded carpet, with every Mekstrom on Earth rolled up in it. But I couldn't pull the trigger. The
survivors would have enough savvy to clean up the mess before our bodies got cold, and the Highways
crowd would be doing business at the same old stand. Without, I might add, the minor nuisance that