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1、CHILDRENOFTHELENSFirstserializedin"ASTOUNDING,"Nov'47-Feb'48;Fistbook,FantasyPresshardbound,1954BYE.E.“DOC”SMITHMESSAGEOFTRANSMITTALSubject:TheConclusionoftheBoskonianWar;AReport:By:ChristopherK.Kinnison,L3,ofKlovia:To:TheEntityAbletoObtainandtoReadItToyou,thethird-levelintellectwhohasbeengui
2、dedtothisimperishablecontainerandwhoisabletobreaktheSealandtoreadthistape,andtoyourfellows,greetings:Forreasonswhichwillbecomeobvious,thisreportwillnotbemadeavailableforanindefinitebutverylongtime;mypresentvisualizationoftheCosmicAlldoesnotextendtothetimeatwhichsuchactionwillbecomenecessary.T
3、hereforeitisdesirabletoreviewbrieflythemostpertinentfactsoftheearlierphasesofCivilization'sclimacticconflict:informationwhich,whilewidelyknownatpresent,willprobablyinthatfuturetimeexistotherwiseonlyinthememoriesofmydescendants.InearlyCivilizationlawenforcementlaggedbehindcrimebecausethepolice
4、werelimitedintheirspheresofaction,whilecriminalswerenot.Eachtechnologicaladvancemadethatconditionworseuntilfinally,whenBergenholmsoperfectedthecrudeinertialessspace-driveofRodebushandClevelandthatcommercethroughoutthegalaxybecameanactuality,crimebegantothreatenCivilization'sveryexistence.Ofco
5、urseitwasnotthensuspectedthattherewasanythingorganized,coherent,oroflargepurposeaboutthiscrime.Centuriesweretopassbeforemyfather,KimballKinnisonofTellus,nowgalacticcoordinator,wastoprovethatBoskonia—anautocratic,dictatorialculturediametricallyopposedtoeveryidealofCivilization—wasinfactbackofp
6、racticallyalltheperniciousactivitiesoftheFirstGalaxy.Evenhe,however,hasneverhadanyinklingeitheroftheeons-longconflictbetweentheArisiansandtheEddoriansorofthefundamentalraisond'etreoftheGalacticPatrol—materialwhichcanneverberevealedtoanymindnotinherentlystableatthethirdlevelofstress.VirgilSamm
7、s,thenchiefoftheTriplanetaryService,perceivedthegeneralsituationandforesawtheshapeoftheinevitable.Herealizedthatunlessanduntilhisorganizationcouldsecureanidentifyingsymbolwhichcouldnotbecounterfeited,policeworkwouldremainrelativelyineffectual
