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_A weird world -- cut off from the Universe, it had universal wisdom; facing death at every moment, it had the secret of peace! _
Beauclaire was given his first ship at Sirius. He was called up before the Commandant in the slow heat of the afternoon, and stood shuffling with awkward delight upon the shaggy carpet. He was twenty-five years old, and two months out of the Academy. It was a wonderful day.