Este é The Rescuer por Arthur Porges.
The story can be divided into 2 parts. In the first part of the story there is a description of the “time-machine”, in fact the author talks about the development, the characteristics and the cost of the special machine. In the second part of the story there is a report regarding the “Preliminary Hearing”: the USA court versus Dr Carnot and Dr Kent. Judge Clark asks Dr Carnot a series of questions about the destruction of the time-machine. Dr Carnot reveals to the court that he and Dr Kent had destroyed the time-machine because a “madman”, Michael Nauss, wanted to go back to the past to rescue Jesus Christ from the Roman soldiers in order to save him from crucifixion. Nauss had very good chances of succeeding because he brought with him a repeating rifle. The two scientists feared the consequences of Nauss’s action on the whole path of history in the lost two thousand years and therefore destroyed the time-machine. (ln 158: A little change at the source can make a tremendous difference at the mouth). The situation was very dangerous and there was no time to lose. They wanted to prevent him arriving in the past. As the present is linked to the past, he could change the course of history.
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