According to the Scientific Method, in order to make a controlled experiment you NEED to have an hypothesis.
A controlled experiment consists of a test done by a scientist in which only one or a few variables are changed while the others remain constant in order to prove or disprove a hypothesis. This hypothesis is key to said experiment because it provides the starting point from which the professional can begin the procedure, as it helps focus on the subject that one is trying to get results from. Without a clear hypothesis, the outcome of the experimentation will not be valid nor specific.
If this is from "The Bet", then it would have been because the lawyer is writing this as a final notice before his escape.
It is chilling, the speculation and wonder about what was really happening is finally realized. Mrs. Schachter had disturbed the train care with what appeared to be ravings from a lunatic about a hellish scenario to come. And finally here it was, the unknown reality, becoming a known and nightmarish hell.
For anyone who still needs the answer it is ''conservation''
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While Cleopatra was born in Egypt, she traced her family origins to Macedonian Greece