Autobiography of an Electron, The

<h2><SPAN name="CHAPTER_II" id="CHAPTER_II"></SPAN>CHAPTER II</h2> <h2>THE ELECTRON'S PREFACE</h2> <hr class="tb" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_29" id="Page_29"></SPAN></span> While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very important part which we play in the workaday world. It was for this reason that my fellow-electrons urged me to write my own biography. My difficulty has been to find a scribe who would put down my story in the way I desired. The first man with whom I opened negotiations wished me to give him dates and names of which I knew nothing. And he asked such stupid questions about where I was born and who my parents were, as if I were flesh and blood.</p> <p>I am pleased to say that my relationship with the scribe who has put down my story in the following pages has been of the most friendly description. Apart from a little tiff which we had at the outset, there has been <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_30" id="Page_30"></SPAN></span> no difference of opinion. He complained that I related things in too abstract a form. However, we got over the difficulty by a compromise; I have allowed him to place what he calls "The Scribe's Note" at the beginning of each chapter, but it will be understood clearly that these are merely convenient embellishments, and that I am responsible for the story of my own experiences.</p> <hr class="cb" /> <div><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_31" id="Page_31"></SPAN></span></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />