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Time Will Run Back

All names, characters, and events in this book are fictional, and any resemblance which may seem to exist to real persons is purely coincidental.

Originally published by Appleton-Century-Crofts in 1951 as The Great Idea.

Revised Edition published in 1966 by Arlington House, Inc.

Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 66-23142

Printed in the United States of America

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