stroyed. Tomorrow would bring
reaction and with it would come fear.
Tomorrow or the next day man would hammer out a true world union,
spurred by the thought of a retribution that would never come. Yet all
that didn't matter. The important thing--the only important thing--was
preserved. Mankind would have to unite for survival--or so men would
think--and he would never disillusion them. For this was man's world,
and men were again free to work out their own destiny for better or
for worse, without interference, and without help. The golden dream
was over. Man might fail, but if he did he would fail on his own
terms. And if he succeeded--Matson looked up grimly at the shining
sky....
Slowly he rose to his feet and descended to the raging street below.
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