Yes, we propose returning to the locality of our visit of yesterday, from whence we shall prosecute2 our quest for further experiences. How long shall we hold you with us to-day? For at least three, possibly four hours. All will depend upon your endurance, and may loving angels strengthen and sustain you, for only through your instrumentality can we hope to attain3 the fulfillment of the emprise so ardently4 desired by countless5 hosts of many spirit worlds.
Now, away for Ento. Our swift movement no longer disturbs you? No? We knew that soon you would adjust yourself to it. George, we will descend6 to the rift7 in the mountain. You recognize the spot, madame? Yes, that is the entrance to the cavern8, and our way lies through this rugged9, fern-clad rift to the further side of the mountain. The convulsion which rent it asunder10 must have been a terrific one. How long ago did it occur? It is our opinion, madame, that it may have occurred at about the period during which our planet was assuming recognizable form, which was so long ago as to be not a matter of years, but of ages.
OINA MISTA
As we proceed, the rift narrows into this gloomy defile11,
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overhung by insecure-looking crags, from which, we emerge into the sunlight. What a beautiful spot is this niche12 in the southern slope of the mountain! It is a veritable flower garden. Indeed, madame, I wish you might bear to your Earth home some of these lovely, fragrant13, white star flowers. Yes, they are a variety of Oina̤ mista̤. The tiny stream trickling14 from the mountain's side provides necessary moisture, and the sun so warms the sheltered nook that the growth of the plants is very luxuriant.
These star-like blooms are fitting emblems16 of the spirit group of which you and Inez are members. What do I mean? Why, have not you been told that in our spirit realms, as in the spirit realms of all worlds, the law of affinity17, holds Spirits in different groups, which are designated by different names? Both you and Inez belong to the group known as Star Angels. Onerous18 as is your present mission, on your return to the spirit side it will be no less so, for the Star Angels are the teachers of the Spirits who wander in darkness in the Earth spirit sphere, multitudes of whom scarcely, if at all, realize that they have left the physical body, and ever are hovering19 about the places where formerly20 they existed. Not alone to those whose mortal lives were passed amid vice21 and squalor and wretchedness; not alone to those who were the very undertow of the murky22 tide of human degradation23 and misery24; not alone to these do the Star Angels minister. There are myriads26 of men and women who have passed, and continually are passing, to the spirit side of life, who have dwelt in luxurious27 homes, surrounded by all the splendors28 and delights their selfish, perverted29 natures craved30; having, during their Earthly existence, chosen spiritual darkness rather than light, they reap as they have sowed, and in sorrow and bitter anguish31 gather up their sheaves of tares32. To such unhappy ones the Star Angels also minister.
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In the Earth spirit sphere licentiousness33, selfishness, uncharitableness, envy, cruelty and all the baser animal passions are the chains which hold the Spirit in bondage34. Separation from the physical body makes no change in the status of the physically35 disembodied Spirit. It goes to its own place, and cannot go elsewhere, until it has earned advancement36 to a higher plane.
Madame, I should like to make my replies as endless as your questions, but this mutual37 pleasure must be deferred38.
We will now move toward what has aptly been named Moûentos hoa̤ falados, for, truly, it is a desolate39 valley, made so through the conflagration40 to which Humboldt has alluded41. We will pause on this elevation43, underneath44 which is the remarkable45 spectacle we recently observed. The roaring, rumbling46, hissing47 sounds and constant vibration48 of this spot are rather disquieting49, but as they can work us no injury we need not hasten our departure. In this region during the winter season there is a heavy snowfall as spring advances, the snow rapidly melts, rains add to the volume of water which pour down the mountain side and into those fissures50 from which gases and smoke are issuing. The water coming in contact with the fire raging deep down beneath the surface, tremendous explosions occur, casting out such quantities of ashes that, as you perceive, the entire valley is covered as with a parti-colored mantle51. Vegetation there is none, and living creatures shun52 the pestilent locality. Previous to the conflagration the valley afforded sustenance53 for a large number of agriculturists and others engaged in various occupations. At the further end of the valley we yet perceive vestiges54 of the wrecked55 homes and industries of a busy community.
On our right the mountain spur separates this valley from another of about the same conformation and area. We will now pass on to it. George, you will allow me to assist
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your sister. As you see, madame, the summit of this mountain spur is nearly level. Its eastern side, which forms the western boundary of the Valley of Desolation, is somewhat abrupt56, while on the west it gently slopes toward the picturesque57 and lovely valley at its foot. As this spot affords a fine view of what we desire that you shall observe we will for a little remain here.
Nearly two centuries of Earth time have elapsed since this valley became a solitude59. The climate is temperate60 and salubrious, the soil prolific61, and water abundant, yet no Entoan could be induced to attempt to dwell in this ill-fated locality. From Ento spirits we have learned the story of the horror which led to its abandonment. As briefly63 as possible I shall relate it.
While in the canyon64 you were told that its converging65 streams, through an underground channel, flowed into a lake, which later on you should see. Behold66 the sparkling waters of the canyon, the swiftly flowing stream of the cavern gushing67 forth68 nearly at our feet. Observe that several mountain rivulets69 add to its volume, which empties itself into yonder tranquil71, oval sheet of water, which, like a great mirror framed in emeralds reflects in its depths the sapphire72 sky, and white, ever-changing forms of fleecy clouds.
Previous to its abandonment the valley, which is about seventeen English miles in length, and half as many in width, was for the most part devoted73 to the cultivation74 of grains and fruits. For the convenience of those dwelling75 on either side it became necessary to bridge the little river. Those substantial piers76 of stone and iron, attest77 to the dimension and stability of the structure of nearly two centuries ago. Where the river empties into the lake was another and more imposing78 bridge, and there we perceive a number of great white piers, like ghostly sentinels, keeping watch
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over the ruins of a once populous79 city, extending from the bridge to far along the eastern and western shores of the lake. The name of the city was Pētûsa̤a̤ Tylû. In your language Pētûsa̤a̤ signifies pearl. Hence, Pētûsa̤a̤ Tylû signifies City of Pearls, so named because of certain pearl-bearing mollusks inhabiting the lake and river. In Pētûsa̤a̤ Tylû were magnificent temples and institutions of learning, and its private residences, were surpassingly beautiful. Its various industries flourished and prosperity smiled upon a cultivated and opulent community. Suddenly an ominous80 oppressiveness weighted the atmosphere, and, nature aghast, was as silent as death. Then from toward the south came a seismic81 wave, the ground trembled, heaved and burst asunder into yawning fissures, towering temples crashed to the ground in fragments, and public buildings and private dwellings82 were shaken from their foundations in ruinous masses. Fire added to the horror of the catastrophe83 and no one attempted to stay the conflagration. Terror-stricken, all who survived the sudden disaster strove to escape from the deadly peril84 to a place of safety. At intervals85, during two days and nights, the appalling86 shocks continued, and it was estimated that fully87 one-third of the population of Pētûsa̤a̤ Tylû, and the valley perished outright88, or died from injuries, terror and exposure.
After the subsidence of the seismic disturbances89 the survivors90 returned to look after their dead, and, peradventure, to find some remnants of their belongings91; but so effectually had fire and destructive elements done their work, that but few of their dead were recovered, and only the ruins of their beautiful city remained. Ever since that dread92 visitation, at intervals in this locality slight seismic shocks have occurred, and no one has been found adventurous93 enough to attempt to dwell in it.
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Previous to this destructive event, this valley was one of the most desirable spots on this portion of the planet. Sheltered as it is by the mountain, its mean temperature is considerably94 higher than that of other regions of the same latitude95, and being thoroughly96 cultivated it produced certain grains, fruits and vegetables in unusual abundance. Nature, left to her own devices, has perpetuated97 some grains, fruits and vegetables, but the harvests are gathered by wild creatures, who, being undisturbed, have increased prodigiously98. The air is vocal100 with the notes of many birds, some of gay, others of modest plumage, and trees and undergrowth are alive with small animals, whose chatterings are to you unfamiliar101.
Underlying102 the valley and the outlying region are coal fields, reservoirs of naphtha, and deposits of various kinds, exactly corresponding with those of our Planet, and in this mountain range are immense stores of gold, silver and other minerals. Elsewhere these minerals are mined or otherwise procured103, but this locality will remain undisturbed for as long as occasional slight seismic disturbances occur or those ruins serve as reminders104 of the terrible catastrophe which destroyed Pētûsa̤a̤ Tylû.
To the Entoans life is the chiefest consideration, and no inducement is strong enough to tempt62 them to risk losing it. Could our daring Earth men voyage between our Planet and Ento, how quickly would this solitude be overrun with a gold mad multitude. Come here, they some time may, but, heigh-ho, they will then care not at all for all the gold in the universe.
Medium—Do the peoples of Ento and of other Planets consider gold and silver more precious than other metals?
De L'Ester—We have visited many Planets peopled by humans, and wherever we have found them sufficiently105 evolved to be able to distinguish the qualities of things, we
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also have found gold and silver taking precedence of all other metals. The Ento name of gold is Vybo, which in your language might mean either glittering, shining or brilliant. On this Planet gold is almost the only currency, and you will have an opportunity for observing that it is coined in flat, oblong pieces of varying weights. On the largest coin is what may be termed the national emblem15, a hand holding a full blown Rodel. On other pieces are characters or symbols denoting their values. The Ento name for silver is Rytza̤, and as currency, it relatively106 holds about the same value as copper107 holds in the estimation of your nation. Indeed, with the Entoans, copper is little less valuable than silver, but for ornamentation and the finer uses they prefer gold and silver to any other metals.
Repeatedly you have been told that the components108 of all Planets are the same. From unquestionable sources the truth has come to us that the formulas of the Divine Chemist never vary. Thus Ento, Earth and other planets, in proportion with their bulk and density110, contain a due amount of each universal component109. On this Planet during past ages, attrition and disintegration111 have been releasing the precious metals so that they are easily procurable112, and this has led to their application to common uses.
You say that you find it difficult to adjust yourself to a belief in or, rather, to a realization113 of the homogeneity of matter. That is not to be wondered at. Old beliefs which, as a rule, are old superstitions114, cling to one with great tenacity115. Nevertheless, it is a fact, and a comprehension of it will enable you to adjust yourself to other facts, one of which is that the Infinite Intelligent Energy compels each and every atom to assume its orderly relation to all other atoms. Further, that indeed, atoms are embryotic universes, each atom containing within itself all the properties which anywhere exist, and any one atom may
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form the nucleus116 about which other atoms may congregate117, until a world is in process of formation. But such was not the formative process which brought this Planet and our distant World into recognition as members of our Solar System.
To reply intelligibly118 to your questions is one thing, to do so satisfactorily is another affair. At least I may hope that I have not shocked you. No! Then on some other occasion I may feel emboldened119 to recur120 to this subject. Now, one more look at the tranquil lake still mirroring in its limpid121 water fleecy clouds and sapphire sky. One more look at this lovely valley so luxuriantly clothed with grasses, flowering plants, shrubs122, trees and blossoming vines, and we will flit to yonder distant mountain peak. Allow me the pleasure of aiding you. Ah, what a pleasing view! Madame, you will kindly123 attempt a description of it.
Medium—To the best of my poor descriptive ability I shall try to meet your wishes. Extending westward124 are plains reaching further than my sense of vision. From the base of the mountain, southward, the surface of the land is broken into shallow, valley-like depressions, covered with luxuriant vegetation. To the left is a forest of gigantic trees, and in the distance and toward the south I see houses and cultivated lands and some animals grazing. Thanks, George, I do not care to approach them more nearly, I see them quite distinctly, and they closely resemble one of the animals already described. I mean the one so like a horse, but they are smaller, and they are altogether white, excepting their black, short, erect125 manes and long black tails.
De L'Ester—They are a smaller variety of the same animal, and they and their larger relatives, are at times used for such purposes as the peoples of our planet use
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the horse. They are designated as Lûma̤ Zēon, and their services as draught126 animals are but seldom required, the Entoans regarding them more as a luxury than as a necessity.
The animal near yonder clump127 of shrubbery is a cross between the Lûma̤ Zēon and another animal known as the Algoû. Yes, it is a graceful128 and handsome creature, its marked peculiarities130 are its coat of long, silken brown hair and its very erect appearance, the result of its shoulders being a trifle higher than its haunches. Otherwise it closely resembles the Lûma̤ Zēon. George will now assist you downward to the level.
George—Ever at your service, my sister.
Gently gliding131 toward the plain,
In my arms I safely hold you;
Downward, downward, once again,
Here we are on terra firma.
I take it for granted that you all admire my poetry.
De L'Ester—Your doggerel132, rather.
George—Unadulterated envy prompted that ungracious remark. Alas133! how often genius excites jealousy134 or goes unrecognized save by superior minds. But I am magnanimous and I forgive you. A poet can afford to be generous to one less gifted than himself. It really appears as though you all are more interested in this browsing135 Algoû than in my inspired utterances136. I shall console myself with the reflection that as time is endless I can afford to wait for appreciation137. In the meantime, shall we follow the course of this sparkling rivulet70, which further on loses itself in a marshy139 tract140? De L'Ester, as you are more familiar with the flora141 of Ento than am I, I shall now be silent. A poet should not be expected to know everything.
LOISA̤ MICANA̤
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De L'Ester—Your modesty142, George, is only a little less admirable than your poetry. What more can I say? You perceive, madame, that Spirits, as well as mortals, at times indulge in a bit of nonsense. Ah! you recognize these tufts of pretty flowers. Yes, it is the vining water lily, which our artist friend, Poole, drew for you two years ago. See how bees are extracting sweets from its pink chalices143, which are quite as fragrant as the flower you name tuberose.
You have been informed that the Ento word Loisa̤ stands for our words water, lake, pond, reservoir, stream and so on, and that the Rodel is the representative of the Ento lily family. Loisa̤ mīcana̤ is a diminutive144 relative of the true Rodel, and, with the Entoans, who are flower lovers, it is a universal favorite. In your language, mīcana̤ would mean angular, crooked145, curved and twisted, and you will pronounce it Mēcana̤h.
This variety of the Rodel always is found by the margins146 of streams or in marshy localities. Its long, slender, crooked leaf and flower stalks convey the impression of a vining tendency, hence its name. See how the rivulet is bordered with this and other blooming plants whose white, red, blue and yellow tints148 present an endless array of floral beauties. Yes, several of them have been drawn149 for you by Poole and Jared James. I believe you and Jared had a slight unpleasantness over one of his drawings. He is a very right minded person, but does not take kindly to interference with his plans.
As we move along you may observe that the rivulet is widening and losing itself in yonder great marshy tract, and if you will look toward our left you will see something that may surprise you. Certainly, we may go nearer. Yes, this is the same gorgeous, carmine151 hued152, many petaled, golden centred Water Queen, so faithfully reproduced
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for you by Aaron Poole. You may recall that at the time it was drawn we promised to some time show you the growing plant. Poised153 on their long, slender flower stalks and stirred by the breeze, the stately beauties bow this way and that, as though in gracious acknowledgment of the homage154 of the myriad25 blooms growing luxuriantly all over the marsh138 and filling the air with their sweet perfume.
The queen, though holding her head so loftily, has only her beauty to commend her. Such odor as she exhales155 is very objectionable, and her train of many slender stemmed leaves falling about her feet and onto the limpid pool which serves her majesty156 for a looking glass, are covered with a viscid exudation157, and woe158 to such insects as may alight on their treacherous159 surface. Her royal highness is known as Loisa̤ Gentolissima. In these nearby, showy masses of bloom you will recognize the Water Princess. Considering the difficulties in the way, Poole certainly very fairly reproduced those two plants. You may observe that the Princess differs from the Queen in having shorter, thicker flower stalks, smaller leaves, fewer petals160 of a paler carmine, and her pistils and stamens are of a brownish tint147. This near relative of the queen is Loisa̤ Gentolana̤.
Your English words, lady, friend, gentle, loving, kind, beloved and the like, in the Ento language is represented by the word Gentola̤. The affixes161 ana̤, ana̤a̤, issima, issima̤a̤, ena̤, ēna̤a̤ and others add to the word gender162, number, dignity, distinction, tenderness and so on. Frequently one or more of these or other affixes are used as diminutives163. You will remember this, as the word is a common one and used in varying senses.
Medium—You speak of this or that as being known to the Entoans by such or such a name. Am I to understand that all Entoans speak the same language?
LOISA̤ GENTOLISSIMA̤
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De L'Ester—Strictly speaking, the Entoans have but one language, which is spoken by all educated persons, but among what you might term the common people of different Provinces there are dialects and provincialisms, but not of a very marked character. Yes, all the peoples of Ento are, to a greater or lesser164 degree, educated. Nowhere on the planet does a condition approaching barbarism exist. In every community there are industrial and other schools, which the youthful Entoans are obliged to attend; thus all become fitted for such occupations as they may choose.
Ere long two friends from Ento's spirit spheres, who at times serve with our Band, will join us. They are more competent to afford you special information relating to Ento educational matters than are we.
Medium—Allow me to remark that, having all my life heard of but one Heaven, it seems strange to hear you speak of other heavens or spheres, as belonging to other Planets.
De L'Ester—Doubtless it may appear strange to you. For myself, upon entering our spirit world, one of my great surprises was to meet Spirits from other Planetary spirit spheres who had come into our realms on voyages of discovery or to make acquaintance with us and our ways. No, only very advanced spirits can journey unaided beyond their own spirit spheres. Those less advanced, by which I mean less spiritualized, may, when assisted, visit other planets and their spirit spheres.
Yes, all Planets inhabited by the spiritualized human are surrounded by their own spirit spheres.
Your beloved and loving son implores165 us to allow him to accompany his dear mother on these journeys, and, through earnest endeavor he progresses so rapidly that we purpose attempting soon to bring him with us. Nearly five of earth's fleeting166 years have greatly added to Ber
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nard's spiritual growth and strength. Earth life with its temptations, its defeats and victories, now appear to him as a troubled, vanishing dream, dreamer and dream alike sorrowful.
Heredity, overlapping167 tendencies of previous embodiments and environments, largely, are the influences which act as character builders. Bernard's really fine, generous nature on one hand served him as armor against foes169 without and within, on the other hand it rendered him vulnerable to assaults to which impetuous youth ever is subjected.
But he builded as well as he could. So do all. Every one rough hews170 his own character and, through the Divinity who shapes all ends, eventually all learn to build according to the perfect law of love.
Yes, we are aware that Bernard has made you acquainted with his experiences and progress, and be assured that all that loving service can offer is aiding him in his highest aspirations171.
We have not yet informed you that a dear friend, a member of our Band, is to meet us here, and at any moment he may arrive. No, you have not yet met him, but—Ah, here he comes! Hail! hail! and a welcome from all.
Madame, this is Giordano Bruno, of whom I doubt not you have some knowledge. We are delighted that you are to have the pleasure of a mutual acquaintance.
Bruno—Madame, I kiss your hand and shall be honored if I may place you among my closest friends.
Medium—I assure you that I appreciate the kindness which prompts you to meet me in such a friendly fashion.
De L'Ester—According to prearrangements, our friend and comrade, Bruno, has come to take an active part in our plans. He and George, having made a study of certain features of our programme will, from time to time,
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lead our movements. I now shall give way to one whom we all delight to honor.
Bruno—I am charmed, madame, that henceforth I shall have a place in the Band of which you are the valued instrument. Since my entrance into our spirit world, I have experienced much pleasure in visiting this and other Planets, but seldom have I desired to return to our own sorrowful Star. Memories of the terrible, woeful torture that freed me from my physical body have disinclined me to look upon the land of my birth. Ah, how often recollections of that sorrowful time force themselves upon my consciousness. Never have I been able to forget the hour when, rather than renounce173 what I knew to be a truth, I yielded up my mortal existence. But Giordino Bruno lives. Aye, despite the ignorance and cruelty of men who, in the name of the gentle, loving Nazarene condemned174 him to an ignominious175 death; he lives and knows as many of earth's learned ones now know, that worlds do revolve176. Aye, that systems of worlds as infinite in number, as the universe is infinite in extension, pursue their appointed ways through space, proclaiming as they fly: God is Infinite, God is Law, God is Truth, God is All.
Despite Papal excommunication and condemnation177 to eternal torment178, Giordino Bruno lives in a realm so surpassingly fair that even tongue of archangel cannot declare the glory thereof.
Madame, will you bear from me a message to the peoples of your native land? Yes? Then I thank you.
Children of earth's most favored land—children of America, I, Giordino Bruno, once a citizen of sun-kissed Italy, greet you.
Rejoice unceasingly that freedom of thought and speech are yours. Guard jealously this priceless blessing179 which through centuries of bloodshed, torturing flames and
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agony unspeakable has become your heritage. Glorious indeed are your United States of America, blest beyond expression in being as a "City of refuge" to the oppressed of other nations. Not yet, Heaven born one, have you outgrown180 your years of infancy181 and, though yet with uncertain steps you totter182 and waver, ever your generous hands are extended toward the helpless, ever your loving heart is pitiful for those who drink of the overflowing183 cup of human misery. Ever your eyes are brimful of compassionate185 tears for the unfortunates beyond ocean's watery186 wastes to whom your voice is as the voice of an angel crying: "Come to us! come to us! and share with us our bounteous187 store. Come to us and be free as we are free." I greet you, child Republic. Thou, indeed, art the brightest jewel in earth's diadem188 of nations. Freedom is thy most precious possession; lest selfish greed and love of power may seek to wrest189 it from thee, wear it next thy heart. Swear by all that to you is sacred, that neither political nor religious intolerance shall find foothold upon your soil. Let your unalterable declaration be: Liberty of conscience, liberty of speech for all; license190 for no one.
Cherish in your heart of hearts a love of justice, of forbearance, of toleration, of that charity which neither thinketh nor doeth evil, but permit no faction191 or Religion to interfere150 with your liberty of righteous action.
Insidiously192, aristocratic ideas are striving to cross the threshold of your Temple of Equality. Guard well its doorways193. Sacrilegious hands are seeking to smirch the records of your courts of justice; let your vengeance194 fall swiftly upon the offenders195.
On the fair face of your Goddess of Liberty there is a troubled frown; beware lest she turn from you in anger. Spotless is her snowy robe, children of earth's greatest
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Republic. See to it. See to it that in the coming years you shall not stain it with your heart's best blood.
May the angels who watch over the destinies of nations be strong enough to guide through the perilous196 future your "Ship of State," which, through calm and storm steers197 toward an unknown shore. Amen! Amen!
Madame, our spirit realms are deeply interested, not only in the progress of the United States of North America, but of the entire continent. It is a matter for regret that your people do not more fully realize that they are an object lesson for all the other nations of Earth. The heart-beats of your Republic send a vitalizing current through all the peoples of our planet. How all-important then, that this life current shall flow unpolluted to the hearts and brains of all nations.
Madame, through your kindly attention to my words you have made me your debtor198, but I feel assured that if these friends can bear with me, I may ask as much of your courtesy.
Now, with your permission, we propose conferring on you a new name. In madame there is no comradeship. Medium you do not fancy. Sara is somewhat familiar. Gentola̤, an Ento name, we consider very appropriate. Will you allow us to know you by this name, whose significance you understand? Yes? Then with Love and Truth as sponsors, you shall be to us Gentola̤.
George—Congratulations are in order. With tenderest, truest affection, I offer mine.
De L'Ester—As all are children of The One, I offer a brother's love and devotion.
Agassiz—De L'Ester's sentiment is also mine.
Humboldt—And mine, too, our friend, our sister.
Inez—And mine, for my sister by birth and "for love's sake."
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Gentola—Friends, this is a strange christening, and for a time, I fancy that my new name will to me seem equally strange. I promise you that I shall strive to be all that it signifies.
Bruno—We chose the name because we know that it indicates your nature, which is in tune199 with all that is best in the human.
Now, Gentola̤, what I have to say is in line with the pursuits of our friends, Agassiz and Von Humboldt, consequently, quite aside from the science which engages me. But, having, with George, and other friends, explored this portion of Ento it is thought that I am qualified200 to offer you such information as may be pertinent201 to the present stage of our mission. On Ento during a remote age, there existed certain amphibious creatures so enormously large and unwieldy that only through their prodigious99 strength could they have coped with other fierce, active, gigantic forms of that early time. Scarcely can one realize their size, their uncouth202 forms or their extreme ferocity, which impelled203 them to a continuous warfare204 against not only their own kind, but against other species equally huge and aggressive. As has been said, Spirits, on our side of life, sufficiently progressed, can and do visit Planets, not only of our Solar System, but of other systems of worlds, and now, as at all times, there are Planets of our and other systems evolved to a degree analogous205 to that of Ento, during the age in which these and similar creatures existed. Through observation of conditions obtaining on such Planets, we arrive at a conception of the appalling conditions that must have existed on Ento during the Reptilian206 Age, when the steaming waters teemed207 with countless life forms and on unstable208 shores huge creatures fought to the death, filling the hot, moisture-laden atmosphere with their savage209 cries, roarings and hissings.
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Cunning, sagacity, instinct, call it what we may, is an accumulated unfoldment of innate210 ability expressed as the sum of inherited experiences; hence, on Ento, in that age, the cunningest, the strongest, the most active and tenacious211 of certain species survived the many calamitous212 occurrences which swept out of existence myriad reptilian creatures. Yes, modified through environments, even yet pigmy representatives of ancient, huge ancestors inhabit the watery divisions of Ento.
Previous to the spiritualized man epoch213 there was an enormous production and destruction of life forms, and in time Ento became a vast repository of fossilized remains214. Time, climatic changes and other causes so contributed to their destruction that only petrified215 specimens216 of the larger and later reptiles217 are occasionally discovered. How long ago did the earliest Ento humans appear? Gentola̤, the germinal man of Ento appeared when the first life cells swarmed218 in the warm waters of the young Planet. But the evolved human, the Spiritualized Man, became conscious of himself long after the great creatures of the Reptilian Age had of necessity yielded place to no less huge quadrupeds, who were more highly evolved expressions of life.
When one speaks of an event as having occurred some hundreds of thousands of years gone, in the mind of an uninformed auditor219 it is likely to occasion a sense of incredulity. But I safely may say that the lapse58 of time which merged220 the Reptilian into the Mammalian Age, during which came to the evolved human animal his crowning glory, a spiritualized, conscious existence, if measured by years, might be compared with the countless sands upon the seashore.
Now we must recur to the matter under consideration. As you perceive, this division of the plain extends from
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the base of the mountain to the verge221 of this extensive morass222, which rests in a basin-shaped formation of limestone223. The plain itself is the result of ages of attrition and disintegration of the foothills of the mountain chain, and the morass is the result of many centuries of accumulated remains of vegetable growths and débris washed from mountain and plain into the basin of what once was one of a chain of fresh water lakes. Its southern rim184 is a rather narrow ledge172 of limestone, once of considerable elevation, but now a mere224 barrier between the morass and a much lower level. Prior to the filling up of the lake it extended westward quite thirty English miles, where it connected with a series of smaller lakes leading into a great fresh water lake known to the Entoans as Loisa̤ Bascama̤, of which later on you will learn more. For the double purpose of draining the morass, thus rendering225 it tillable, and also that the mountain streams flowing into it may be used for irrigation of the lands southward at the foot of the ledge, a great basin is being excavated226, into which they will be led. Already the ledge has been pierced to afford them egress227.
At a depth of about eighty feet the excavators unearthed228 some petrifications of remote life forms. One of a prodigious size, has, among the learned ones, occasioned excited interest. Savants from all over the Planet are hastening to examine the fossils, especially the larger one, and to no doubt talk learnedly of those relics229 of bygone ages. When, very recently, George and I visited the spot we learned that the large petrifaction230 is the well preserved skeleton of an amphibian231 quite sixty feet in length. How came it there? One can only conjecture232 as to that. Certainly there was a time when the temperature of this latitude was much higher than at present, and the waters of the entire chain of lakes teemed with forms of
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life now extinct. It is quite as certain that the enormous spring floods so increased the volume of the lakes that their waters then poured over the ledge, which was loftier than it now is. It is not so certain as to how the amphibian came to find lodgment at the base of the ledge. Perhaps, in fleeing from a foe168 it rushed over the ledge, or having through some mischance lost its life, its body may have been swept over it, thus adding its skeleton to an already large accumulation of similar structures. George and I observed a number of learned men and women eagerly examining and discussing the probabilities and possibilities relating to the great fossil, which is but slightly mutilated and is to be removed to some museum.
As we looked and listened we were somewhat amused by the remarks of some of the assemblage who evidently were quite sincere in their statements.
One studious looking man mildly declared that the Holy writings clearly intimated that in the beginning Andûmana̤ created from within Himself all things. Another man warmly disputed this declaration on the basis that Andûmana̤ being perfect, could not out of his own Personality have created creatures so monstrous233, so hideous234 as was this and many others. No, clearly it was through a misunderstanding of the Holy writings that such an illogical conclusion could be arrived at. Then a person of great dignity of mien235 gave his opinion, which, evidently, he considered final, that in the beginning, after Andûmana̤ created Astranola̤ and His messengers, He created Ento. Having prepared homes suited to their needs He created all living creatures. Some He found unsuited to His pleasure; such He destroyed, as is evidenced in these fossilized structures, which, for the most part, find no correspondence in creatures now existing. Having perfected His designs, He, out of Himself, created His chil
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dren who perpetually should dwell on Ento. Then, with conviction, he exclaimed: Andûmana̤, through His Messengers, who dwell in the best realms of Astranola̤, revealed to His children the origin of all things, all of which is contained in the Holy writings, and I call His Messengers to witness that I, Kēlofa̤ Irdomyn, am not so impious as to question His divine words.
No one seemed inclined to dispute with this expounder237 of mysteries and with a self-satisfied air he resumed his critical examination of the ancient fossil.
To be told that in nearly all directions the Entoans are further advanced than are the peoples of Earth, and in a breath to bring you face to face with their extremely circumscribed238 and absurd religious ideas and beliefs, out of which have grown equally circumscribed and absurd notions relating to certain scientific matters, naturally, may occasion you to hesitate as to your acceptance of other statements we have made and others yet to follow. Realizing this, we consider it advisable to offer an explanation of a seeming paradox239.
Through the process of unfoldment, spiritualized humans grow into clearer, higher conceptions of personality. Through ages of ignorance and savagery240 intuitively they grope their ways toward truth, which, like a beacon241 light, beckons242 them onward243 and upward, and slowly, but surely, their consciousness grows and unfolds as lotus blooms grow and unfold from ooze244 and darkness into sunlight. Thus, through ages the Entoans evolved into a recognition of self as personality, but not as spirit, for Andûmana̤, being to them a Material Personality, naturally, they could not conceive of aught more sublimated245 than their Creator. Still their unrecognized spiritual forces inevitably246 urged them forward, and in their history a period arrived when to a degree, society became organized, and about certain
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centres congregated247 those most learned in such sciences and arts as had resulted from ages of evolution. As yet the masses were almost wholly uneducated, consequently their ideas relating to social obligations and other niceties of civilization were extremely crude. Wars between different nations were continually waged, and of necessity, the weaker succumbed248 to the stronger. Selfish, ambitious, cruel and successful leaders grew arrogant249, and the people were impoverished250 and enslaved and such civilization as existed seemed threatened with extinction251.
It is a fact that under adverse252 conditions, humanity degenerates253 more rapidly than under favoring conditions it is capable of progression. Were this truth generally recognized, it might act as a deterrent254 against the reckless, criminally foolish conduct of nations who rush into wars as though they were a pleasurable pastime, rather than a damning process for the breeding of generations of preordained murderers, suicides, thieves and prostitutes—the inevitable255 results of inherited tendencies.
The Entoans, being no exception to a universal rule, were in a deplorable condition, when a memorable256 epoch arrived which ushered257 into mortal existence a man fitted for his arduous258 mission. A man wise and humane259 beyond any one of his time. A man of high courage, firm will, a fine sense of justice and a wonderful ability for controlling other men. About him he gathered not only an immense army of soldiery, but all who cared for their own safety and the welfare of the people, hastened to join him in his efforts to bring about a better state of affairs. In an incredibly brief time he subdued260 the vicious oppressors of the people. Forced warring elements into peaceful subjection. Established in the fullest sense, a centralized government, based upon equitable261 principles. Autocratic, certainly it was, but with the peculiar129 feature
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that rulers and people should he amenable262 to the same laws. When through peace and prosperity the peoples of the Planet were brought into harmonious263 relations with each other and with their newly found freedom from oppression and dissension, Zoifan Ouidas, their deliverer and Supreme264 Ruler announced that through a shining messenger, Andûmana̤ had communicated to him certain instructions relating to His now obedient children. A congress of Ento's learned and pious236 ones having been convened265, Zoifan Ouidas made known the revelation he had received which constituted a basis for what was to be accepted as the Holy writings. To this revelation was added such beliefs and legends as appeared reasonable and desirable, and from these writings a creed266 was formulated267 and a ritual established.
To this day the creed remains unchanged, but from time to time the ritual has been added to or modified to suit the views or aims of an all-powerful priesthood.
Since the establishment of their national religion, centuries have been added to centuries. Steadily268 the generations of Entoans have been evolving, and were it not that an unyielding ecclesiasticism has held them in spiritual bondage, this closing of their fiftieth century of peace and equal rights for all would find them not only with knowledge of all the arts, but of all the sciences known to the people of our planet, and their faces on which pathos269, sorrow and despair are written in every line would be beaming with the priceless consciousness of a continuity of existence which ere now should have been a possession of the plane of their unfoldment.
To a degree you now may comprehend the paradoxical situation, and I trust that what I have related, may serve to explain other incongruities270 which from time to time may attract your attention.
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De L'Ester—George, with an excited air, is returning from the excavation271. What so perturbs272 you, mon ami?
George—Hasten, friends, hasten. A professor is about to hold an autopsy273 over the remains of the ancient amphibian, and I fancy it will be an edifying274 occasion.
De L'Ester—We immediately will accompany you. You with Inez and our friends will lead the way. Gentola̤, allow me to aid you. Direct your gaze southward, and toward the right. Yes, quite a large assemblage which will afford you an opportunity of seeing some of the eminent275 personages of Ento, scientists, writers and others.
We need not approach nearer. Gentola̤, attend closely to what the very modest and intellectual appearing Professor may say. I shall translate it word for word.
Professor—I have been requested to express an opinion as to what order of life this fossilized structure may represent. Also as to the probable date of its existence. Speaking with exactitude, this creature was, like its diminutive descendants of the present, at home on the land, or in the waters of Ento's lakes and rivers of temperate and warmer climes. I need only allude42 to a fact that is well understood that all this order of life, of which in ancient times there was a greater variety than now exists, belongs to the Acrocustēno ingo-lavion (amphibious flesh-eaters). Of the probable date of the creature's existence I hesitate to speak. In these days many men and women of learning and research find themselves in a state of unrest and indecision. On one hand science demonstrates what appears to be facts. On the other hand these apparent facts are opposed by the declarations of our Holy writings. To state the matter briefly through ancient records we learn that nearly two hundred centuries have elapsed since the Creation of our beloved Ento. Our Holy writings declare the same, and also make mention of and de
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scribe huge forms of life similar to, if not exactly like this as having been of the first created creatures who long previous to the establishment of our Holy religion had become extinct.
How shall I proceed? Step by step scientific research has led us backward, and now we face the indisputable fact that in this fossilized structure, and the formations about it is positive evidence that the creation of Ento dates incalculably further back than two hundred centuries.
Friends, how shall we reconcile the positive statements of our Holy writings, with this equally positive statement in stone? May the gods be merciful, for, alas, I see no way out of the dilemma276, and I refuse to further incur277 the wrath278 of Andûmana̤'s messengers.
Bruno—This person is in a fair way to get himself into trouble. As we read the thoughts of the assemblage we learn that were some of them as outspoken279 as this professor he would not find himself alone in his skepticism. As it is a craven fear of their gods and the priesthood seals their lips, and as the professor with a troubled face turns away, they regard him with an air of disapproval280.
In the reports these scribes are writing many learned terms will be used, many learned opinions expressed, and doubtless many learned lies will be told, all for the glory of Andûmana̤, to whom it is believed His messengers will bear an account of these proceedings281.
De L'Ester—Gentola̤, you will attempt a description of this scene. You need not hesitate. Where you may fail we will prompt you.
Gentola̤—Extending eastward282 and westward I see a not very broad ledge of limestone rock. On its southern side it is so perpendicular283 and its surface is so smooth that it presents the effect of well executed masonry284. I can
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not estimate the distance from where the petrifactions lie on a broad shelf-like projection285 to the top of the ledge, or from the projection to the bottom of the excavation.
De L'Ester—From the projection to the top of the ledge is quite one hundred feet, but at the time of the creature's misadventure the altitude of the ledge must have been considerably greater. From the projection to the bottom of the excavation the distance is, I should say, about eighty feet.
Gentola—On the south side of the ledge an immense excavation is being made. On the north side the morass is on a level with the top of the ledge, but on the south side the ground slopes rather abruptly286 to a plain which appears to greatly need irrigation.
Aside from the large and very perfect petrifaction there are numerous smaller ones which do not appear to interest the investigators287. Indeed they are in a very fragmentary state, and I suspect that my description is of the same character.
I see a large number of men at work in the excavation. Some are engaged in lining288 the sides with huge cut stones, which are mechanically lifted and laid with much precision, some kind of cement being used to fill the interstices. Other men attend the working of scoops289, which take up great quantities of soil, which is hoisted290 to the top of the excavation and dumped into receptacles which run swiftly on a tramway to the plain where it is thrown out, the empty receptacles returning on another track. Nearly all of the labor291 is done by machinery292, but I cannot say what the motive293 power may be.
De L'Ester—Electricity furnishes the motive power, not only for those machines, but as you will have occasion to observe for nearly all mechanical purposes of the Entoans.
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Gentola—One noticeable feature of this scene is the behavior of those laborers294 who move about so quietly and speak in such a polite and gentle fashion. The work proceeds very expeditiously296, yet no one seems in haste, or exhibits the least excitement or impatience297.
How very tall those dark skinned men are, and they are so erect and finely proportioned. Yes, notwithstanding their lustrous298 bronze complexions299 they certainly are handsome men. Their long, black, wavy300 hair, large dark eyes, regular features and very intelligent expression is in strong contrast with the fair complexioned301, brown or blond haired, gray or blue eyed, and smaller men who are working on the tramways.
All, both dark or fair, wear their hair to their shoulders, parted in the middle or on one side, pushed well back from the forehead and held in place by what appears to be fillets of silver. All wear shapely, half loose garments, reaching to the knees, and the lower limbs are clothed in loose fitting—well, as I do not know the Ento name, I shall say trowsers.
De L'Ester—The Ento name for the upper garment is lenivo. For the trowsers, as nearly as I can pronounce it, the Ento name is birrsch. And for the foot covering, which you perceive is a very nicely formed shoe, not of leather, but of a manufactured material, the name is—no, not fettos, but pfettos.
We now will move to the tented space, and in a general way, but briefly, you will further describe the appearance of those men and women who are engaged in quiet discussion over fragments of the smaller fossils.
Gentola—Both men and women of the dark skinned race are exceedingly tall. The men are very handsome, very distinguished302 looking, with a dignity of bearing quite devoid303 of ostentation304.
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The women are very beautiful, very graceful, very gentle, and quiet, and with such fine, intelligent expression, that I cannot find words to express my sense of their superiority to any women I ever have seen.
I do not quite so much admire the fair skinned men and women who are more slightly built, but who are taller and stouter305 than any earth race that I know of, and certainly they are in appearance very admirable.
Bruno, were you sufficiently tall, you might claim kindred with some of those handsome, olive skinned men and women, who are but slightly darker than yourself. They appear to represent one race, the bronze complexioned ones another, the fair skinned men and women an entirely306 different race.
It seems odd that the men, as well as the women, wear their hair long and flowing. The hair of the men to their shoulders, that of the women quite below their waists, and all wear fillets of various kinds. I must say that I think the effect very pretty. As for the garments of both sexes, they seem to me simply perfection, not at all voluminous, but loose, graceful and of textures307 so admirable as to weave and coloring that seldom have I seen fabrics308 so beautiful.
De L'Ester—You have mentioned the fillets worn by both sexes. The metals, the width, form and settings of the fillets indicate the official positions and occupations of the wearers. Not alone are they worn for convenience or as ornaments309, but also as badges of certain distinctions, for which all are urged to strive. Class distinctions in the sense of caste do not exist, and all are incited310 to a spirit of emulation311 in the direction of meritorious312 achievements, which are considered the only real distinctions. From the laborer295 yonder to the Supreme Ruler, all men and women strive to attain to the utmost of their capabili
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ties. The cut, color, ornamentation and other features of apparel also indicate the position and occupation of the wearer. As our mission progresses you will have opportunities of further observing such matters.
No, for decorative313 purposes the Entoans do not wear head coverings. They too much prize their beautiful, abundant hair to risk such abominations as hats and bonnets314. Then, too, their taste is too finely cultivated to admit of personal disfigurement.
Gentola—I commend both their judgment315 and taste, and I wish I might understand what those learned persons are saying. The scene itself I shall not soon forget. It is worth the experiences of an ordinary lifetime.
De L'Ester—These friends and I possess a general knowledge of the language, but of scientific technicalities we know next to nothing. If we did both time and space are too limited to devote ourselves to their consideration.
Not another word. We have held you long enough. One momentary316, comprehensive glance at the scene and then Earthward. George and Inez will bear you swiftly to your quiet home. Au revoir.
George—Safe you are in your own room, and some one desires to enter. It is your friend, Mrs. S——le, who always brings you flowers.
May divine and loving influences abide317 with you until we again come for you. Adieu.
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| n.童帽( bonnet的名词复数 )；（烟囱等的）覆盖物；（苏格兰男子的）无边呢帽；（女子戴的）任何一种帽子 | |
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