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Wemustlookforahalf-columnadvertisementwhichwill,practicallyataglance,giveevidencethatthemanwhoplaceditcamefromanotherCentury(intheupwhendirection,ofcourse)andyetwhichissonormalanadvertisementthatnomanofthatCenturywouldseeanythingsuspiciousinit."
Harlansaid,"WhatifIdon’tfindit?"
"Youwill.Eternityexists,doesn’tit.Aslongasitdoes,we’reontherighttrack.Tellme,canyourecallsuchanadvertisementinyourworkwithCooper?Anythingwhichstruckyou,evenmomentarily,asodd,queer,unusual,subtlywrong."
"No."
"Idon’twantananswersoquickly.Takefiveminutesandthink."
"Nopoint.AtthetimeIwasgoingoverthenewsmagazineswithCooper,hehadn’tbeeninthe20th."
"Please,boy.Useyourhead.SendingCoopertothe20thhasintroducedanalteration.There’snoChange;itisn’tanirreversiblealteration.Buttherehavebeensomechangeswithasmall’c,’ormicro-changes,asitisusuallyreferredtoinComputation.AttheinstantCooperwassenttothe20th,theadvertisementappearedintheappropriateissueofthemagazine.YourownRealityhasmicro-changedinthesensethatyoumayhavelookedatthepagewiththatadvertisementonitratherthanonewithoutthatadvertisementasyoudidinthepreviousReality.
