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    Be It Ever Thus
    Be It Ever Thus
    Be It Ever Thus
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    Be It Ever Thus

    By Robert Moore Williams

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Be It Ever Thus - Robert Moore Williams

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      Title: Be It Ever Thus

      Author: Robert Moore Williams

      Release Date: June 25, 2009 [EBook #29240]

      Language: English

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      Men have fought and died for life and liberty since the beginning of time, and they will continue the fight until time finally comes to an end. Here is a thoroughly readable story about just such a situation—a story which could well be a forecast of the chilling future of your children and ours.

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      by ... Robert Moore Williams

      The planet's natives were so similar to their conquerors that no one could tell them apart—except for their difference in thinking.

      This was Graduation Day. The senior class from the Star Institute of Advanced Science was scheduled to go through the Museum of the Conquered and observe the remnants of the race that had once ruled this planet. There were many such museums maintained for the purpose of allowing the people to see the greatness their ancestors had displayed in conquering this world and also to demonstrate how thorough and how complete that conquest had been. Perhaps the museums had other reasons for existing, but the authorities did not reveal these reasons. Visiting such a museum was part of the exercises of every graduating class.

      Billy Kasker arrived early, to take care of all last minute problems for Mr. Phipper, the instructor who would take the group through the museum, and to make certain that all of the members of the graduating class knew what they were supposed to do on the trip. Billy Kasker was class president. A handsome, husky youth, accommodating, generous, and thoughtful to a fault. He was well liked both by the faculty and the students. He was pleasant to everybody, even to Joe Buckner, who called him teacher's pet and sneeringly remarked that he had been elected class

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