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—fromTheTimeMae（Chapter1）

H.G.Wells

&raveller（forsoitwillbettospeakofhim）ouemattertous.Hisgreyeyesshowinkled，andhisusuallypalefacewasflushedahefireburly，aradiaheisinthelilieshtthebubblesthatflashedandpassedinlasses.hispatents，embradcaressedusratherthaobesatupohatluxuriousafter-dimospherewhenthracefullyfreeofthetrammelsofpredheputittousinthisway—markiswithaleanfer—aswesatandlazilyadmiredhisearhisnewparadox（aswethoughtit）ay.

“Youmustfollowmecarefully.Ishallhavetotrovertowoideasthatarealmostuniversallyaccepted.Thegeometry，foriaughtyouatschoolisfoundedonamis.”

“Isnotthatratheralargethiobeginupon?”

saidFilby，aivepersonwithredhair.

“Idooaskyoutoaythingwithoutreasonablegroundforit.Youwillsoonadmitasmueedfromyou.Youknowofcoursethatamathematie，alihiil，haseyouthat?herhasamathematie.Thesethiras.”

“Thatisallright，”

saidthePsychologist.

“Noh，breadth，andthiess，acubehavearealexistence.”

“ThereIobject，”

saidFilby.“Ofcourseasolidbodymayexist.Allrealthings—”

“Somostpeoplethink.Butwaitamoment.stanta?”

“Don’tfollowyou，”

saidFilby.

“acubethatdoesnotlastforaall，havearealexistence?”

Filbybesive.“Clearly，”

theTimeTravellerproceeded，“anyrealbodymusthaveextensioninfourdireusthaveLehid—Duratihanaturalinfirmityoftheflesh，whichIwillexplaintoyoui，weiooverlookthisfact.Therearereallyfourdimensions，threewhichwecallthethreeplanesofSpadafourth，Time.Thereis，however，ateodrawaiheformerthreedimensioer，becauseithappensthatourovesilyiionaloerfromthebeginningtotheendofourlives.”

“That，”

saidaveryyoungman，makingspasmodiceffhthiscigaroverthelamp;“that...verydeed.”

“Now，itisveryremarkablethatthisissoextensivelyoverlooked，”

uedtheTimeTraveller，withaslightaofess.“ReallythisiswhatismeahDimension，thoughsomepeoplewhotalkabouttheFourthDimensiondonotk.Itisonlyanotherwayoflookihereisweentimeandahreedimensionsofspaceexceptthatourovesalongit.Butsomefoolishpeoplehavegotholdsideofthatidea.YouhaveallheardwhattheyhavetosayaboutthisFourthDimension?”

“Ihavenot，”

saidtheProvincialMayor.

“Itissimplythis.ThatSpaatishaveit，isspokenofashavingthreedimensions，whiaygth，Breadth，andThidisalwaysdefinablebyreferehreeplarightaheothers.Butsomephilosophicalpeoplehavebeenaskingwhythreedimensionsparticularly—whyilestotheotherthree?—ariedtostruery.ProfessorSimonNeoundingthistotheNewYorkMathematicalSoo.Youknowhowonaflatsurface，whilytwodimensions，resentafigureofathree-dimensionalsolid，andsimilarlytheythinkthatbymodelsoftheedimensionstheycouldrepresentoneoffour—iftheyastertheperspectiveofthething.See?”

“Ithinkso，”

murmuredtheProvincialMayor;and，knittinghisbrosedintoaate，hislipsmovingasosmysticwords.“Yes，Ithiersometime，brighteningiorymanner.

“Well，IdonotmindtellingyouIhavebeenatworkuporyofFourDimensionsforsometime.Someofmyresultsarecurious.Forinstance，hereisaportraitofamayearsold，aeeseveherattwenty-three，andsoon.Alltheseareevideions，asitwere，Three-DimeionsofhisFour-Dimensionedbeing，whichisafixedahing.”

&ificpeople，”

proceededtheTimeTraveller，afterthepauserequiredfortheproperassimilationofthis，“khatTimeisonlyakindofSpace.Hereisapopularstificdiagram，aweatherrecord.Thislihmyfihemovemeer.Yesterdayitwassohigh，yesterdaynightitfell，thenthismitroseagain，alyupwardtohere.SurelythemerottracethislineinanyofthedimensionsofSpaerallyreized?Butlyittracedsue，andthatliherefore，wemustcludewasaloime-Dimension.”

“But，”

saidtheMedi，staringhardatathefire，“ifTimeisreallyonlyafourthdimensionofSpace，whyisit，andwhyhasitalwaysbeen，regardedassomethi?AndwhyoveinTimeaswemoveaboutiherdimensionsofSpace?”

&ravellersmiled.“Areyousurewemovefreelyiawego，badforwardfreelyenough，andmenalwayshavedoneso.Iadmitwemovefreelyintwodimensions.Buthoanddown?Gravitationlimitsusthere.”

“ly，”