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1、TIMEENOUGHFORLOVETheLivesoftheSeniorMemberoftheHowardFamilies(WoodrowWilsonSmith;ErnestGibbons;CaptainAaronSheffield;LazarusLong;"Happy"Daze;HisSerenitySeraphintheYounger,SupremeHighPriestoftheOneGodinAllHisAspectsandArbiterBelowandAbove;ProscribedPrisonerNo.83M2742;Mr.JusticeLeno
2、x;CorporalTedBronson;Dr.LafeHubert;andothers),OldestMemberoftheHumanRace.ThisAccountisbasedprincipallyontheSenior'sOwnWordsasrecordedatmanytimesandplacesandespeciallyattheHowardRejUvenationClinicandattheExecutivePalaceinNewRomeonSecundusinYear2053AftertheGreatDiaspora(GregorianYea
3、r4272ofOldHomeTerra)-andsupplementedbylettersandbyeyewitnessaccounts,thewholethenarranged,collated,condensed,and(wherepossible)reconciledwithofficialrecordsandcontemporaryhistories,asdirectedbytheHowardFoundationTrusteesandexecutedbytheHowardArchivistEmeritus.Theresultisofuniquehi
4、storicalimportancedespitetheArchivist'sdecisiontoleaveinblatantfalsehoods,self-servingallegations,andmanyamoralanecdotesnotsuitableforyoungpersons.INTRODUCTIONOntheWritingofHistoryHistoryhastherelationtotruththattheologyhastoreligion-i.e.,nonetospeakof.-L.L.TheGreatDiasporaoftheHu
5、manRacewhichstartedmorethantwomillenniaagowhentheLibby-SheffieldDrivewasdisclosed,andwhichcontinuestothisdayandshowsnosignofslowing,niadethewritingofhistoryasasinglenarrative-orevenmanycompatiblenarratives-impossible.Bythetwenty-firstcentury(Gregorian)*onOldHomeTerraourRacewascapa
6、bleofdoublingitsnumbersthreetimeseachcentury-givenspaceandrawmaterials.TheStarDrivegaveboth.H.sapiensspreadthroughthissectorofourGalaxyatmanytimesthespeedoflightandmultipliedlikeyeast.Ifdoublinghadoccurredatthetwentyfirst-centurypotential,ournumberswouldnowbeoftheorderof7x10~x2?-a
7、numbersolargeastodefyemotionalgrasp;itissuitedonlytocomputers:7x10~x~=2,066,035,336,255,469,780,992,000,000,000.-ormorethantwothousandmillioabilliontrillionpeople-oramassofproteintwenty-fivemilliontimesasgreatastheentiremassofourrace'snativeplanetSolIII,OldHome.Preposterous.Letuss
8、aythatitwouldbepreposteroushadnot