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—fromEinstein’sDreams

AlanLightman

9JUNE1905

Supposethatpeopleliveforever。

StraioysplitsiersandtheNows。

&ersreasonthatthereisnintheirclassesattheuolearnaseguage，toreadVoltaireoroseekpromotionintheirjobs，tofallioraiseafamily。Forallthesethings，thereisaninfinitespanoftime。Iime，allthingsbeaplished。Thusallthingswait。Iyasbreedmistakes。Andwhuewiththeirlogic?TheLatersbereizedinanyshoporpromeheywalkaandwearloose-fittiakepleasureinreadingwhatevermagazinesareingfurheirhihewayaleaffallsfromatree。TheLaterssitincafessippingddisgthepossibilitiesoflife。

ðatwithiheydoalltheye。Theywillhaveaninfinitenumberofcareers，theywillmarryaninfiimes，theywillgetheirpolitiitely。Eawillbealawyer，abricklayer，awriter，anat，apainter，aphysi，afarmer。Thelyreadingnewbooks，studyirades，newlanguages。Ietheinfinitiesoflife，theybeginearlyandnevergoslowly。Andwhoquestiiootted。Theyaretheowhecafes，thecollegeprofessors，thedodhepolitis，thepeoplewhorstlywhedowhroughasuoflives，eagertomissnothiwoNowseetatthehexagonalpilasteroftheZahriain，theyparethelivestheyhavemastered，exformation，aheiroLatersmeetatthesamelo，theypoureandfollowtheparabolaofthewaterwiththeireyes。

TheNowsandLatershaveohinginon。Withinfinitelifeesaofrelatives。Grasneverdie，-gras，great-auntsa-u-aunts，andsoon，backthroughthegeions，allaliveandadvieverestheshadowsoftheirfathers。Nhtersoftheirmothers。Nooneeveresintohisown。

Whenamanstartsabusiness，hefeelspelledtotalkitoverwithhisparentsandgrasa-gras，adinfinitum，tolearnfromtheirerrors。Forerpriseishiemptedbysomeahefamilytree。Ihingshavebeenaplished。Butataprisuchaworld，themultipliofatsispartlydividedbythedimiofambition。

Andwhenadaughterwantsguidanother，sheotgetitundiluted。Hermothermustaskhermother，whomustaskhermother，andsooassonsamakedeselves，theyottursfortadvitsarenotthesourceofty。Thereareonemillionsources。

Whereeveryaustbeverifiedonemilliontimes，lifeistentative。Bridgesthrusthalfwayoverriversalystop。Buildihbuthavenoroofs。Thegrocer’sstoger，salt，dbeefgewitheveryind，everysultatioenfisendjustdaysbefs。Andontheavereets，peopleturntheirheadsaheirbacks，toseewhomightbewatg。

Suchistheortality。Nopersoniswhole。Nopersoime，somehavedetermiheonlywaytoliveistodie。Ih，amanorawomaheweightofthepast。Thesefewsouls，withtheirdearrelativeslookingooLakeceorhurlthemselvesfromMonteLema，endingtheirinfihisway，thefinitehasqueredtheinfinite，millionsofautumnshaveyieldedtonoautumns，millionsofsnowfallshaveyieldedtonosnowfalls，millionsofadmonitionshaveyieldedtonone。

&Bandfinishthefollowingexercises。

&hepassageandsummarizetrastinformationaboutthetwotypesofpeople。

2）Exgeideaswithyourpart“Yourpictureofaworldwherepeoplecouldliveforever”。