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Orb, v. 2, issue 1, 1950

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   In great agitation he wrote his last thoughts. It took the form of a letter addressed to the "Atomic Research Head, Important." His hands quivered as they sealed this document, his breath became raggedly and then stopped altogether. His dreams and his sadness were at an and...
   The great sheaf of notes which he had left to his world, and the super-microscope, were carelessly stuck away in a sort of lumber room of the great science laboratory building, and eventually the notes were burned during one of the fire inspector's tours as a possible fire hazard. The super-microscope was dismantled by an energetic biochemist who needed parts.
   As to the document labeled "Atomic Research Head, Important", it passed from the department to department in the busy atomic research plant. No one could decide just who was the "head". There were so many individuals who might liberally be considered deserving of this title and they were all so busy with the great new atomic project that none of them wished to waste his time on the ravings of a doddering and now-dead scientist who had outlived his usefulness decades ago. Eventually the letter was filed away in a minor office under the subheading "Unfinished Business."

   MRS. GREEN lived with her daughter in a little while house just outside Topeka, Kansas. She knew all about the atomic energy because of Bikini and Hiroshima. Popular songs blared about it over the radio and television they used it to point up to breakfast food commercials. Mrs. Green spent a lot of sleepless nights worrying about war and her brother, Tom, who was in the army. It was a constant menace, this possibility of another atomic war, as it seemed as if life would be totally worth living if only this menace might be removed. Was had taken her husband but she still had Judy and she was grateful. They were not well off but they were comfortable and Judy's education was assured. She couldn't ask much more, if only the world could be spared another war. That seemed all anyone could ask. 
   Then came Peter Light.
   Mrs. Green prayed for him and taught Judy to. Peter Light was a genius and a statesman. Nations who would make war listened to him. He had that way about him. While the world girded itself for war, Peter Light fought against it as no man ever had before. And there never was a man like Peter Light. The world had needed him and somehow, it seemed, when dire need came the needful was supplied.
   It seemed as if hope was at an end. The earth seemed destined to become as sterile as her satellite, the Moon. 
   One bright morning, busy at her housework. while her little daughter Judy trailed in her wake to help, Mrs. Green listened to her daily soap operas on the radio and tried not to think of her brother Tom in the army. 
   Suddenly the opera was interrupted.
   "Flash! From our news room we have just received wonderful news! The herculean efforts of Peter Light to stave off war and establish a permanent peace throughout the world have succeeded! While we cannot at present give you much information, suffice to say that the big nations have all signed an agreement regarding armaments and atomic energy.

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In great agitation he wrote his last thoughts. It took the form of a letter addressed to the "Atomic Research Head, Important." His hands quivered as they sealed this document, his breath became raggedly and then stopped altogether. His dreams and his sadness were at an and... The great sheaf of notes which he had left to his world, and the super-microscope, were carelessly stuck away in a sort of lumber room of the great science laboratory building, and eventually the notes were burned during one of the fire inspector's tours as a possible fire hazard. The super-microscope was dismantled by an energetic biochemist who needed parts. As to the document labeled "Atomic Research Head, Important", it passed from the department to department in the busy atomic research plant. No one could decide just who was the "head". There were so many individuals who might liberally be considered deserving of this title and they were all so busy with the great new atomic project that none of them wished to waste his time on the ravings of a doddering and now-dead scientist who had outlived his usefulness decades ago. Eventually the letter was filed away in a minor office under the subheading "Unfinished Business." MRS. GREEN lived with her daughter in a little while house just outside Topeka, Kansas. She knew all about the atomic energy because of Bikini and Hiroshima. Popular songs blared about it over the radio and television they used it to point up to breakfast food commercials. Mrs. Green spent a lot of sleepless nights worrying about war and her brother, Tom, who was in the army. It was a constant menace, this possibility of another atomic war, as it seemed as if life would be totally worth living if only this menace might be removed. Was had taken her husband but she still had Judy and she was grateful. They were not well off but they were comfortable and Judy's education was assured. She couldn't ask much more, if only the world could be spared another war. That seemed all anyone could ask. Then came Peter Light. Mrs. Green prayed for him and taught Judy to. Peter Light was a genius and a statesman. Nations who would make war listened to him. He had that way about him. While the world girded itself for war, Peter Light fought against it as no man ever had before. And there never was a man like Peter Light. The world had needed him and somehow, it seemed, when dire need came the needful was supplied. It seemed as if hope was at an end. The earth seemed destined to become as sterile as her satellite, the Moon. One bright morning, busy at her housework. while her little daughter Judy trailed in her wake to help, Mrs. Green listened to her daily soap operas on the radio and tried not to think of her brother Tom in the army. Suddenly the opera was interrupted. "Flash! From our news room we have just received wonderful news! The herculean efforts of Peter Light to stave off war and establish a permanent peace throughout the world have succeeded! While we cannot at present give you much information, suffice to say that the big nations have all signed an agreement regarding armaments and atomic energy.