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Imeanprimarysources,datingfromtheTimeitself."
"Yes."
"Andhestudiedthemwithyou?"
"Yes."
"Andisthereanyparticularreferencethatwasyourfavorite,onethatheknewyouwereintimatelyacquaintedwith,sothatyouwouldrecognizeinitsomereferencetohimself?"
"Iseewhatyou’redrivingat,ofcourse,"saidHarlan.Hegrewthoughtful.
"Well?"askedTwissellwithanedgeofimpatience.
Harlansaid,"Mynewsmagazines,almostsurely.Newsmagazineswereaphenomenonoftheearly20’s.TheoneofwhichIhavenearlyacompletesetdatesfromearlyinthe20thandcontinueswellintothe22nd."
"Good.Nowisthereanyway,doyousuppose,inwhichCoopercouldmakeuseofthatnewsmagazinetocarryamessage?Remember,he’dknowyou’dbereadingtheperiodical,thatyou’dbeacquaintedwithit,thatyou’dknowyourwayaboutinit."
"Idon’tknow."Harlanshookhishead."Themagazineaffectedanartificialstyle.Itwasselectiveratherthaninclusiveandquiteunpredictable.Itwouldbedifficultorevenimpossibletorelyonitsprintingsomethingyouwouldplantohaveitprint.Coopercouldn’tverywellcreatenewsandbesureofitsappearance.EvenifCoopermanagedtogetapositiononitseditorialstaff,whichisveryunlikely,hecouldn’tbecertainthathisexactwordingwouldpassthevariouseditors.Idon’tseeit,Computer.
