The fact is, Canton may be one of few Homo sapiens "humans" who can see the Big Picture, one encompassing the beginning of time and the end of time, the creation of the universe and all the galaxies, including the Milky Way, and the millions of species and their destruction through haphazard unpredictable evolution and mutation, without appparent rhym or reason culminating in one species, Homo sapiens "humans", a relatively late-comer that in a short time would become a threat to all other species, and finally to his fellow species, leaving few if any survivors.

A Concise History of the Universe

Before Time to the End of TimeBy V.P. Canton

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Copyright © 2011 V.P. Canton
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ISBN: 978-1-4567-5208-8

Chapter One

IN LIEU OF COMMON-SENSE, THERE ARE LAWS

For some inexplicable reason, Canton was born with an instinctive mistrust of Authority. It began to strongly manifest itself in both elementary and high school when his attendance was often dismal to say the least. However, back in the early days of the 20th century, there was little the school staff could do.

Canton never lied about his being absent. In spite of all this, he was elected by the teaching staff to become a member of the ARISTA, an honor society. That is how desperate they were to have members or they were intimidated by the recenly established IQ. After only three years instead of the usual four, Canton graduated from Morris High, the same school later attended by General Colin Power who was and has always been a strict conformist. That is how he played the game and rose to the top.

IN LIEU OF COMMON-SENSE, THERE ARE OBSESSIONS.

Just as Canton nears completion of this manuscript, he came across an excellent book, "LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME" By James W. Loewen. The facts are, Canton never believed anything his teachers said, that is if he were present. In High School, he rarely attended classes. He played hooky or was a truent while doing his own research concerning History. History in his opinion is a point of view that only includes whatever supports it while excluding all that might alter it.

IN LIEU OF COMMON-SENSE, THERE ARE DELUSIONS

PART ONE

INTRODUCTION

Greetings, my fellow highly advanced expendable primates and cousins. You have journeyed six million years from the earliest known hominids, one might say from that first chimpanzee able to walk upright, and then through various stages, all the result of haphazard evolution and mutation, apparently without rhym or reason, you are still here Homo sapiens and fellow "humans", in this, the 21st century.

One could say that about 40,000 years ago, you fellow cousins finally evolved from Cro Magnon, before finallly becoming Homo sapiens, a relatively new species, and that is what you are today dear cousins.

The fact is, going far back in time, all humans are in fact related, the short, tall, the fat, the thin; all are cousins in a sense, not first or even third cousins, but 10th cousins, 1,000th cousins, even 10,000th cousins.

A person in China, Japan, somewhere in Africa and elsewhere on planet Earth is in a sense one's cousin. And cousins, as V.P. Canton knows, quite often, do marry. Cousins also kill each other, that is, more distant cousins and the more distant, it easier to slaughter all remote cousins.

Well, no matter, cousins, and you are my cousins, no matter how remote. The one thing we all have in common is that the males of our species had this urgent need to copulate due to the high level of testosterone coursing through our veins along with a demanding, indiscriminate libido due to the females emitting all-powerful pheromones that temporarily immobilized the brains of the Homo sapiens males.

From one aspect evolution worked well but by developing a more highly advanced primate, Mother Nature threw a monkey wrench into the entire process. It was no longer survival of the fittest but survival of those less fit, an insignificant lucky few with money.

Money makes a big difference as you already know or will learn. That, among other matters, is responsbily for our growing population, depending on the availabilty of food. Read on, cousins.

There is much more that will be explained in greater detail. The fact remains: When different cultures come in contact with each other, individual humans find the opposite sex, or same sex, exotic and appealing, understandable from the fact, that person may be one's cousin.

Who is V.P. Canton? Dear cousins, you say you have never heard of him. The truth is he has always preferred obscurity to fame in his belief that fame, like any drug can be addictive, is only temporary and hardly worth the time, effort and loss of self-respect it takes to achieve it.

Fame, in Canton's opinion, is an indulgence and even as a young child, Canton has indulged in self-denial. This included having friends. Canton has no friends, only acquaintances and very few at that.

The simple fact is that Canton is reclusive, a maverick who prefers listening to classical music in the company of his thoughts rather than aimless conversations. He is also an excellent, creative dancer who has never had a dance lesson.

Others find it hard to believe. Canton's secret is to simply feel the music and dance, either with his wife or alone and not worry about looking foolish.

A SELF-MADE SCHOLAR

Due to certain circumstances, Canton had no choice but to educate Canton. In other words, he happens to be a "self-made scholar" with a far different perspective on many aspects of life. He has read many of the same books as acknowledged scholars from the various universities while always questioning, reasoning, evaluating, analyzing and then drawing his own conclusion, often far different than those of prevailing scholars while never accepting anything on mere faith.

Although he lacks the usual degrees from Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other top universities that might, in retrospect, have impeded his original thinking.

By daring to think outside of the box, unlike conventional scholars whose thinking is bound and restricted by too much formal education, he is free from such restraints.

Where many scholars believe that there are two sides to every question, Canton believes that there may be three or four or more. Also, while there are scholars who are far more knowledgeable, they would also lack the wisdom that he has acquired through a lifetime of living and questioning, and evaluating all that he has read.

The fact remains; he is nonconventional and a nonconformist, a maverick in its true sense. Above all, he is a great believer in PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. He is a firm believer that no one should ever blindly accept orders from any other human without first questioning that order. In his opinion, that has always been a problem with his species.

It is more and more apparent that V.P. Canton of the Homo species is the only one born of his species with "common-sense." Nearing ninety, it finally hit home that he alone was gifted, all others having obsessions and delusions and invaribly becoming enslaved to them.

Consider "loyalty" and the fact every tyrant in the past or present, without one ioata of mercy, are surrended by loyal devoted high- ranking officers eager to carry out the tyrant orders. Finally, V.P. Canton offers the reader all one would need to know to sound somewhat intelligent at parties or other gatherings discussing the creation of life, the mysterious universe, primates, birds, dinosaurs, or religion.

Lastly, he offers a word of advice. This book should be read slowly, thoughtfully with many a pause to reflect on the wisdom of the author. And incidentally, V.P. Canton is actually the pen name of the author who wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. His secret of achieving one's goal, whatever that goal requires patience, determination and persistence. But remember, all is temporary. Nothing lasts forever, including fame.

At a very...