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"With Folded Hands"
by Jack Williamson

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Publishing Data

Originally published in Astounding, July 1947
Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IIA
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Preview
The Hammond Institute arrives on Earth and begins selling a new model of humanoid mechanical billed as The Perfect Mechanical, built "To serve and obey and guard men from harm."
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Navigation Guide
Compare Williamson's Prime Directive to Asimov's Laws of Robotics.
Compare Sledge to Kidder from "Microcosmic God" by Theodore Sturgeon.
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Further Exploration
This story was incorporated in The Humanoids (1948), a collection of linked stories.
 
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