Foundation and Chaos (Greg Bear) читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги (ч. 69)

There is virtually no information regarding Hari Seldon’s so-called recantation, his “dark days.” They may be pure legend, but we have circumstantial evidence from a number of sources-including Wanda Seldon Palver’s autobiographical notes-to suspect that Seldon did indeed encounter a crisis of confidence, even a crisis of self.

This crisis may have begun immediately after the trial, in the chambers of Chief Commissioner Linge Chen, though of course we shall never know…

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