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                          THE PURE OBSERVERS

                            BY B. J. ROGERS

              _The history of space-flight begins before
              man. While our planet still lay wrapped in
              its dream of isolation, other intelligences
               watched from above--minds pure, undying,
                noble--and pathetically vulnerable...._

           [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
              Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1958.
         Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
         the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]


"_Oh, he is dead!" my mind cried out._

Novna, my dear, I am writing this as a release for my conscience.
Those things which trouble me are not such as one exchanges with vigil
companions, or indeed with anyone not bound by ties like ours.

If I were at home wit