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                           THE LAST VICTORY

                             BY TOM GODWIN

               _He had only two aims in life: first, to
              get what he wanted; and after that to enjoy
                it. But to achieve the one he'd have to
                  give up the other ... or would he?_

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
              Worlds of If Science Fiction, August 1957.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


    _The transport ship, bound for Capella with Outlander colonists
    from Earth and Frontier Guards from Arcturus, struck the
    hyperspace vortex without warning. It seized her, wrenching and
    twisting her, and flung her across its gigantic rim at
    thousands of times the speed of light. She emerged into normal
  