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Skepticism Towards Unrealistic Ideas
Professor Elliot
Your statement has the tinge of fantasy.
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Desire for Knowledge and Power
Dr. Mears
To think - a fantastic gnome like you had to hurdle out of space to put this power in my hands. Well, now that we've made contact, I'm gonna tear out every secret you've got!
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Encountering the Mysterious Face Beyond Glass
Enid Elliot
When I got close to it, it looked like a giant glass ball girdled with something like a steel belt. Three of them, I think. When I got close enough to look in - there it was.
Professor Elliot
It? What?
Enid Elliot
That face! Right on the other side of the glass looking right into mine! I was terrified!
Professor Elliot
A face? A human face?
Enid Elliot
A ghastly caricature like something distorted by pressure. I can't think how else to describe it - a horrible, grotesque face looking right into my eyes!
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The Strangest Visitor from Another World
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The WEIRDEST Visitor the Earth has ever seen!
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Understanding Alien Minds and Behavior
John Lawrence
What'd you do to him back there in the dungeon?
Dr. Mears
Do to him? Why I didn't do anything. Nothing at all.
John Lawrence
He showed a definite disposition for friendliness when I left.
Dr. Mears
Well how can you talk of him as if he were a human being? How do we know what thought processes run through his head? How can we even assume that he thinks like we do? How can you anticipate what a fantastic organism like that might do or might not do?
John Lawrence
Alright! Alright!
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Warning Against Complacency and Inaction
John Lawrence
If the men don't buckle down to the job, this is going to be a village of zombies!
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Power of Formula in Industry Control
Dr. Mears
A man who controls this formula controls the industry of the world.
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Confronting the Unknown's Silent Threat
John Lawrence
If I only were not so helpless before the voiceless threat of the unknown.
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The Uncertain Nature of Encounters with Aliens
Enid Elliot
You know, I think that creature was friendly. I wonder what would have happened if... if Dr. Mears hadn't frightened him.
John Lawrence
Who knows? Perhaps the greatest curse ever to befall the world, or perhaps the greatest blessing.
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The Burden of Knowledge and Fear
Enid Elliot
Is it true that no one will ever know what happened here?
John Lawrence
Knowledge would only bring more fear in a world already filled with it.
Enid Elliot
Can such a thing be kept a secret?
John Lawrence
No. No, but it can be reduced to gossip.
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The World's Deadliest Enemy Unveiled
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The Deadliest Enemy the World has ever Known!
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