THX 1138
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1:01:01
Good Lord!
1:01:03
A shelldweller. They live in the outer shell of the city. Quite unique, there have been two here before. They smell.
1:01:23
Interesting...
1:01:26
Get... get away, get, get, get, get away...
1:01:33
Leave it... for a while.
1:01:35
There!
1:01:38
No, nothing.
1:01:41
There!
1:01:43
Nothing.
1:01:47
I think that a leader must, whenever he possibly can, make the decision for more knowledge rather than less, but he must also have the wisdom to limit freedom so as to insure freedom. That is what will keep us strong and give us direction.
1:01:51
Well?
1:01:53
Out of a random selection of 150 locations with 150 possible sightings, there were 146 absolute negatives and four conditionals, most of which occurred in the early familiarization stages of the experiment and can be largely discounted.
1:01:59
Not very encouraging.
1:02:02
On the contrary! It absolutely proves what l have always felt. We are located in an apparently uniform space with no visible limits. We are just now beginning to push back the clouds of ignorance and perceive the truth. We must continue the search.
1:02:16
I have always tended to believe that this kind of knowledge is all well and good in its place, but anything can be taken too far, and when you've got everyone looking off into telescopes and not tending to business right here, then, l believe, we have gone too far.
1:02:59
The sighting of a fixed point beyond our confines is fundamental to all other problems and issues. It would instantly determine whether we are, whether this world is, in fact, moving or standing still.

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