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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXVII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXVII. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Sleep, Dreams, Nightmare — "Strangle the Life from My Body". Away, away," I cried, " you can not grasp me, I do not wish to become a man; this can not, must not be the end to a horrible existence.". Gradually, the Man Life approached, seized and enveloped me, closing around me as a jelly fish surrounds its living victim, while the horrors of a nightmare came over my soul. Life of man, away! Let me live and die a child.". This is sarcasm," he repli...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXVIII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXVIII. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. A Challenge — My Unbidden Guest Accepts It. The white-haired reader, in whom I had now become deeply interested, no longer an unwelcome stranger, suspended his reading, laid down his manuscript, and looking me in the face, asked:. Are you a believer? No," I promptly answered. What part of the narrative do you question? All of it.". Have you not already investigated some of the statements I previously made? Is not the truth, the truth? Of course a...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXIX
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXIX. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Beware of Biology — The Science of the Life of Man — The Old Man Relates a Story as an Object Lesson. Man's mind is a creature of doubts and questions," he observed. " Answer one query, and others rise. His inner self is never satisfied, and you are not to blame for wishing for a sign, as all self-conscious conditions of your former existence compel. I asked, curious to see if he had intuitively grasped my unspoken sentence. That I have made the pr...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter III
Etidorhpa — Chapter III. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. A Second Interview with the Mysterious Visitor. But was it a ghost? The Professor had been patient with me- I had a right to expect that; he was entertaining to the extent of reading such excerpts as he had with him on the subject of hallucinations and their supposed causes, but had he not spoiled all by assigning me at last to a place with the questionable, unbalanced characters he had cited? What was I to do with seven? I should look for whomever ...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXX
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXX. Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Looking Backward — The Living Brain. The old man accompanied his word " come," as I have said, by rising from his chair, and then with a display of strength quite out of proportion to his age, he grasped my wrist and drew me toward the door. Realizing at once that he intended I should accompany him into the night, I protested, saying that I was quite unprepared. My hat, at least," I insisted, as he made no recognition of my first demur. The eye is s...
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXI
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXI. Thursday, September 13, 2007. A Lesson on Volcanoes — Primary Colors Are Capable of Farther Subdivision. Get into the boat," said my eyeless pilot, " and we will proceed to the farther edge of the lake, over the barrier of which at great intervals of time, the surface water flows, and induces the convulsion known as Mount Epomeo.". What a blessing this mode of locomotion would be to humanity," I murmured. Your observations are true; some of these colors are unknown on earth.".
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXII. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Matter is Retarded Motion — "A Wail of Sadness Inexpressible". It is possible - is it not? Hold," I interrupted; " that would be as one quality of matter passing through another quality of matter without disturbance to either, and it is a law in physics that two substances can not occupy the same space at the same time.". I fear that I can not comprehend all this," I answered. Do you say that the atmosphere is composed of substances unknown to man?
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXIII
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXIII. Thursday, September 13, 2007. A Study of True Science is a Study of God" — Communing with Angels. This is incredible," I exclaimed. You need not be astonished," he answered. " Is there any argument that can be offered to controvert the assertion that man is ignorant of many natural laws? I can offer none.". Is there any doubt that a force, distinct and separate from matter, influences matter and vivifies it into a living personality? I do not deny that there is such force.".
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXIV
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXIV. Thursday, September 13, 2007. I Cease to Breathe, and Yet Live. I have been taught," I replied, " that the force of gravitation decreases until the center of the earth is reached, at which point a body is without weight; and I can scarcely understand how such positive statements from scientific men can be far from the truth.". You have, and to convince you I need only say that you have nearly ceased to breathe, and are unconscious of the fact.". It is not time," he answered.
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXV
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXV. Thursday, September 13, 2007. A Certain Point Within a Circle — "Men are as Parasites on the Roof of the Earth". You must admit, however, that it is necessary? No; only to an extent. The natural life of man should, and yet will be, doubled, trebled, multiplied a dozen, yes a thousand fold.". I stepped in front of him; we stood facing each other. He shook his head. I dropped on my knees before him. He raised me to my feet. Shall I teach them of what you have shown me?
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Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXVI
Etidorhpa — Chapter XXXVI. Thursday, September 13, 2007. Drunkenness — The Drinks of Man. Did the aborigines know how to make intoxicants, and were barbarians intemperate before contact with civilized nations? But I have understood that drunkenness is a vice inherent only in civilized people; are not you mistaken? No Every clime, unless it be the far North where men are scarcely more than animals, furnishes intoxicants, and all people use them. I will tell you part of this record of nations. 60;< Back.
