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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Ultimate Experiment + +Author: Thornton DeKy + +Release Date: August 31, 2007 [EBook #22466] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + + + + + + +<div class="figright" style="width: 500px;"> +<img src="images/001.png" width="500" height="486" alt="" title="" /> +</div> + + + + +<h1>The<br /> +<span class="smcap">Ultimate<br /> +Experiment</span></h1> + + +<h2>by<br /> +THORNTON DeKY</h2> + + + +<p class="center"><i>No living soul breathed upon the<br /> +earth. Only robots, carrying on the<br /> +last great order.</i></p> + + +<p class="cap">"THEY were all gone +now, The Masters, all +dead and their atoms scattered to +the never ceasing winds that swept +the great crysolite city towers in +ever increasing fury. That had been +the last wish of each as he had +passed away, dying from sheer old +age. True they had fought on as +long as they could to save their +kind from utter extinction but the +comet that had trailed its poisoning +wake across space to leave behind it, +upon Earth, a noxious, lethal gas +vapor, had done its work too well."</p> + +<p>No living soul breathed upon the +Earth. No one lived here now, but +Kiron and his kind.</p> + +<p>"And," so thought Kiron to himself, +"he might as well be a great unthinking +robot able to do only one +thing instead of the mental giant he +was, so obsessed had he become with +the task he had set himself to do."</p> + +<p>Yet, in spite of a great loneliness +and a strong fear of a final frustration, +he worked on with the others of +his people, hardly stopping for anything +except the very necessities needed +to keep his big body working in perfect +coordination.</p> + +<p>Tirelessly he worked, for The Masters +had bred, if that is the word to +use, fatigue and the need for restoration +out of his race long decades ago.</p> + +<p>Sometimes, though, he would stop +his work when the great red dying +sun began to fade into the west and +his round eyes would grow wistful as +he looked out over the great city that +stretched in towering minarets and +lofty spires of purest crystal blue for +miles on every side. A fairy city of +rarest hue and beauty. A city for the +Gods and the Gods were dead. Kiron +felt, at such times, the great loneliness +that the last Master must have known.</p> + +<p>They had been kind, The Masters, +and Kiron knew that his people, as +they went about their eternal tasks +of keeping the great city in perfect +shape for The Masters who no longer +needed it, must miss them as he did.</p> + +<p>Never to hear their voices ringing, +never to see them again gathered in +groups to witness some game or to +play amid the silver fountains and +flowery gardens of the wondrous city, +made him infinitely saddened. It would +always be like this, unless....</p> + +<p>But thinking, dreaming, reminiscing +would not bring it all back for there +was only one answer to still the longing: +work. The others worked and did +not dream, but instead kept busy tending +to the thousand and one tasks The +Masters had set them to do—had left +them doing when the last Master +perished. He too must remember the +trust they had placed in his hands +and fulfill it as best he could.</p> + +<p>From the time the great red eye of +the sun opened itself in the East until +it disappeared in the blue haze beyond +the crysolite city, Kiron labored with +his fellows. Then, at the appointed +hour, the musical signals would peal +forth their sweet, sad chimes, whispering +goodnight to ears that would +hear them no more and all operations +would halt for the night, just as it had +done when The Masters were here to +supervise it.</p> + +<p>Then when morning came he would +start once more trying, testing, experimenting +with his chemicals and +plastics, forever following labyrinth +of knowledge, seeking for the great +triumph that would make the work +of the others of some real use.</p> + +<p>His hands molded the materials +carefully, lovingly to a pattern that +was set in his mind as a thing to +cherish. Day by day his experiments +in their liquid baths took form under +his careful modeling. He mixed his +chemicals with the same loving touch, +the same careful concentration and +painstaking thoroughness, studying +often his notes and analysis charts.</p> + +<p>Everything must be just so lest his +experiment not turn out perfectly. He +never became exasperated at a failure +or a defect that proved to be the only +reward for his faithful endeavors but +worked patiently on toward a goal +that he knew would ultimately be his.</p> + +<p>Then one day, as the great red sun +glowed like an immense red eye overhead, +Kiron stepped back to admire +his handiwork. In that instant the +entire wondrous city seemed to +breathe a silent prayer as he stood +transfixed by the sight before him. +Then it went on as usual, hurrying +noiselessly about its business. The surface +cars, empty though they were, +fled swiftly about supported only by +the rings of magnetic force that held +them to their designated paths. The +gravoships raised from the tower-dromes +to speed silently into the eye +of the red sun that was dying.</p> + +<p>"No one now," Kiron thought to +himself as he studied his handiwork. +Then he walked unhurriedly to the +cabinet in the laboratory corner and +took from it a pair of earphones resembling +those of a long forgotten +radio set. Just as unhurriedly, though +his mind was filled with turmoil and +his being with excitement, he walked +back and connected the earphones to +the box upon his bench. The phones +dangled into the liquid bath before +him as he adjusted them to suit his +requirements.</p> + +<p>Slowly he checked over every step +of his experiments before he went +farther. Then, as he proved them for +the last time, his hand went slowly +to the small knife switch upon the box +at his elbow. Next he threw into connection +the larger switch upon his +laboratory wall bringing into his laboratory +the broadcast power of the +crysolite city.</p> + +<p>The laboratory generators hummed +softly, drowning out the quiet hum +of the city outside. As they built up, +sending tiny living electrical impulses +over the wires like minute currents +that come from the brain, Kiron sat +breathless; his eyes intent.</p> + +<p>Closer to his work he bent, watching +lovingly, fearful least all might +not be quite right. Then his eyes took +on a brighter light as he began to see +the reaction. He knew the messages +that he had sent out were being received +and coordinated into a unit that +would stir and grow into intellect.</p> + +<p>Suddenly the machine flashed its +little warning red light and automatically +snapped off. Kiron twisted +quickly in his seat and threw home +the final switch. This, he knew, was +the ultimate test. On the results of the +flood of energy impulses that he had +set in motion rested the fulfillment of +his success—<i>or failure</i>.</p> + +<p>He watched with slight misgivings. +This had never been accomplished before. +How could it possibly be a success +now? Even The Masters had +never quite succeeded at this final +test, how could he, only a servant? Yet +it must work for he had no desire in +life but to make it work.</p> + +<p>Then, suddenly, he was on his feet, +eyes wide. From the two long, coffin-like +liquid baths, there arose two perfect +specimens of the <i>Homo sapiens</i>. +Man and woman, they were, and they +blinked their eyes in the light of the +noonday sun, raised themselves dripping +from the baths of their creation +and stepped to the floor before Kiron.</p> + +<p>The man spoke, the woman remained +silent.</p> + +<p>"I am Adam Two," he said. "Created, +by you Kiron from a formula +they left, in their image. I was created +to be a Master and she whom you +also have created is to be my wife. +We shall mate and the race of Man +shall be reborn through us and others +whom I shall help you create."</p> + +<p>The Man halted at the last declaration +he intoned and walked smilingly +toward the woman who stepped into +his open arms returning his smile.</p> + +<p>Kiron smiled too within his pumping +heart. The words the Man had intoned +had been placed in his still +pregnable mind by the tele-teach +phones and record that the last Master +had prepared before death had halted +his experiments. The actions of the +Man toward the Woman, Kiron knew, +was caused by the natural constituents +that went to form his chemical +body and govern his humanness.</p> + +<p>He, Kiron, had created a living man +and woman. The Masters lived again +because of him. They would sing and +play and again people the magnificent +crysolite city because he loved +them and had kept on until success +had been his. But then why not such +a turnabout? Hadn't they, The Masters, +created him a superb, thinking +<i>robot</i>?</p> + + + + +<div class="trans1"><p class="zerop"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b><br /> +This etext was produced from <i>Comet</i> July 1941. Extensive research did +not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was +renewed. Minor spelling and typographical errors have been corrected +without note.</p></div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Ultimate Experiment, by Thornton DeKy + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT *** + +***** This file should be named 22466-h.htm or 22466-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/2/4/6/22466/ + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Ultimate Experiment + +Author: Thornton DeKy + +Release Date: August 31, 2007 [EBook #22466] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT *** + + + + +Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +[Illustration] + + + + +THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT + +by + +THORNTON DeKY + + + + + _No living soul breathed upon the + earth. Only robots, carrying on the + last great order._ + + +"They were all gone now, The Masters, all dead and their atoms scattered +to the never ceasing winds that swept the great crysolite city towers in +ever increasing fury. That had been the last wish of each as he had +passed away, dying from sheer old age. True they had fought on as long +as they could to save their kind from utter extinction but the comet +that had trailed its poisoning wake across space to leave behind it, +upon Earth, a noxious, lethal gas vapor, had done its work too well." + +No living soul breathed upon the Earth. No one lived here now, but Kiron +and his kind. + +"And," so thought Kiron to himself, "he might as well be a great +unthinking robot able to do only one thing instead of the mental giant +he was, so obsessed had he become with the task he had set himself to +do." + +Yet, in spite of a great loneliness and a strong fear of a final +frustration, he worked on with the others of his people, hardly stopping +for anything except the very necessities needed to keep his big body +working in perfect coordination. + +Tirelessly he worked, for The Masters had bred, if that is the word to +use, fatigue and the need for restoration out of his race long decades +ago. + +Sometimes, though, he would stop his work when the great red dying sun +began to fade into the west and his round eyes would grow wistful as he +looked out over the great city that stretched in towering minarets and +lofty spires of purest crystal blue for miles on every side. A fairy +city of rarest hue and beauty. A city for the Gods and the Gods were +dead. Kiron felt, at such times, the great loneliness that the last +Master must have known. + +They had been kind, The Masters, and Kiron knew that his people, as they +went about their eternal tasks of keeping the great city in perfect +shape for The Masters who no longer needed it, must miss them as he did. + +Never to hear their voices ringing, never to see them again gathered in +groups to witness some game or to play amid the silver fountains and +flowery gardens of the wondrous city, made him infinitely saddened. It +would always be like this, unless.... + +But thinking, dreaming, reminiscing would not bring it all back for +there was only one answer to still the longing: work. The others worked +and did not dream, but instead kept busy tending to the thousand and one +tasks The Masters had set them to do--had left them doing when the last +Master perished. He too must remember the trust they had placed in his +hands and fulfill it as best he could. + +From the time the great red eye of the sun opened itself in the East +until it disappeared in the blue haze beyond the crysolite city, Kiron +labored with his fellows. Then, at the appointed hour, the musical +signals would peal forth their sweet, sad chimes, whispering goodnight +to ears that would hear them no more and all operations would halt for +the night, just as it had done when The Masters were here to supervise +it. + +Then when morning came he would start once more trying, testing, +experimenting with his chemicals and plastics, forever following +labyrinth of knowledge, seeking for the great triumph that would make +the work of the others of some real use. + +His hands molded the materials carefully, lovingly to a pattern that was +set in his mind as a thing to cherish. Day by day his experiments in +their liquid baths took form under his careful modeling. He mixed his +chemicals with the same loving touch, the same careful concentration and +painstaking thoroughness, studying often his notes and analysis charts. + +Everything must be just so lest his experiment not turn out perfectly. +He never became exasperated at a failure or a defect that proved to be +the only reward for his faithful endeavors but worked patiently on +toward a goal that he knew would ultimately be his. + +Then one day, as the great red sun glowed like an immense red eye +overhead, Kiron stepped back to admire his handiwork. In that instant +the entire wondrous city seemed to breathe a silent prayer as he stood +transfixed by the sight before him. Then it went on as usual, hurrying +noiselessly about its business. The surface cars, empty though they +were, fled swiftly about supported only by the rings of magnetic force +that held them to their designated paths. The gravoships raised from the +tower-dromes to speed silently into the eye of the red sun that was +dying. + +"No one now," Kiron thought to himself as he studied his handiwork. Then +he walked unhurriedly to the cabinet in the laboratory corner and took +from it a pair of earphones resembling those of a long forgotten radio +set. Just as unhurriedly, though his mind was filled with turmoil and +his being with excitement, he walked back and connected the earphones to +the box upon his bench. The phones dangled into the liquid bath before +him as he adjusted them to suit his requirements. + +Slowly he checked over every step of his experiments before he went +farther. Then, as he proved them for the last time, his hand went slowly +to the small knife switch upon the box at his elbow. Next he threw into +connection the larger switch upon his laboratory wall bringing into his +laboratory the broadcast power of the crysolite city. + +The laboratory generators hummed softly, drowning out the quiet hum of +the city outside. As they built up, sending tiny living electrical +impulses over the wires like minute currents that come from the brain, +Kiron sat breathless; his eyes intent. + +Closer to his work he bent, watching lovingly, fearful least all might +not be quite right. Then his eyes took on a brighter light as he began +to see the reaction. He knew the messages that he had sent out were +being received and coordinated into a unit that would stir and grow into +intellect. + +Suddenly the machine flashed its little warning red light and +automatically snapped off. Kiron twisted quickly in his seat and threw +home the final switch. This, he knew, was the ultimate test. On the +results of the flood of energy impulses that he had set in motion rested +the fulfillment of his success--_or failure_. + +He watched with slight misgivings. This had never been accomplished +before. How could it possibly be a success now? Even The Masters had +never quite succeeded at this final test, how could he, only a servant? +Yet it must work for he had no desire in life but to make it work. + +Then, suddenly, he was on his feet, eyes wide. From the two long, +coffin-like liquid baths, there arose two perfect specimens of the _Homo +sapiens_. Man and woman, they were, and they blinked their eyes in the +light of the noonday sun, raised themselves dripping from the baths of +their creation and stepped to the floor before Kiron. + +The man spoke, the woman remained silent. + +"I am Adam Two," he said. "Created, by you Kiron from a formula they +left, in their image. I was created to be a Master and she whom you also +have created is to be my wife. We shall mate and the race of Man shall +be reborn through us and others whom I shall help you create." + +The Man halted at the last declaration he intoned and walked smilingly +toward the woman who stepped into his open arms returning his smile. + +Kiron smiled too within his pumping heart. The words the Man had intoned +had been placed in his still pregnable mind by the tele-teach phones and +record that the last Master had prepared before death had halted his +experiments. The actions of the Man toward the Woman, Kiron knew, was +caused by the natural constituents that went to form his chemical body +and govern his humanness. + +He, Kiron, had created a living man and woman. The Masters lived again +because of him. They would sing and play and again people the +magnificent crysolite city because he loved them and had kept on until +success had been his. But then why not such a turnabout? Hadn't they, +The Masters, created him a superb, thinking _robot_? + + + + +Transcriber's Note: + +This etext was produced from _Comet_ July 1941. Extensive research did +not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was +renewed. 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