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                            LEARNING THEORY

                          BY JAMES MC CONNELL

                 _Destiny's tricks can be pretty weird
                sometimes. And this was one to be proud
                of. A cosmic joke, a  witch that could
                     make a nightmare seem tame!_

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


I am writing this because I presume He wants me to. Otherwise He would
not have left paper and pencil handy for me to use. And I put the
word "He" in capitals because it seems the only thing to do. If I am
dead and in hell, then this is only proper. However, if I am merely a
captive somewhere, then surely a little flattery won'