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    Cube Root of Conquest
    Cube Root of Conquest
    Cube Root of Conquest
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    Cube Root of Conquest

    By Roger Phillips Graham

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Cube Root of Conquest - Roger Phillips Graham

      Project Gutenberg's Cube Root of Conquest, by Roger Phillips Graham

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      Title: Cube Root of Conquest

      Author: Roger Phillips Graham

      Release Date: June 6, 2010 [EBook #32712]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CUBE ROOT OF CONQUEST ***

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      CUBE ROOT OF CONQUEST

      By Rog Phillips

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Amazing Stories October 1948. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      What actual result is there in the act of conquest? What is its cube root?

      Jan ran tirelessly, his long clean limbs carrying him at express train speed across the uneven terrain. The small deer was beginning to show evidences of tiring. Its foam-flecked mouth was open, the swollen tongue protruding over the teeth. The ten or more miles of the chase had proven Jan's superior strength.

      The deer rounded a dense patch of blackberry bushes and bounded out of sight over the crest of the hill. To Jan's keen eye it seemed that the deer stumbled at the instant of vanishing from view. Eagerly he put on a burst of speed to catch up and make the kill.

      The scene that burst into view brought amazement into his clear blue eyes. The deer had stumbled, but caught itself, and was bounding down the gentle slope. Jan thrust curiosity away and concentrated on regaining the ground lost. His naked feet touched the turf with pile driver force every ten feet. The muscles under the tanned skin of his legs worked with smooth effort.

      The deer was headed directly toward a glistening square spot just ahead. It was in mid stride when it reached it, its front legs doubled, ready to straighten and touch the ground at the right instant, its hind legs stretched out behind.

      In that position it sailed over the glistening square that was set flush into the ground, and—vanished.

      It vanished about like it might vanish around a tree. Its head and antlers went first, followed by the rest of it. One hoof seemed to hesitate, hanging

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