In discursive19 consultation20 after the members had become sufficiently21 restored for the exercise of their wonted mental equilibrium22, by potations obnoxious23 to the cultivated habits of your exemplars, the discovery was subjected to an analytico-cosmogenerical evolution of ideas. During the discussion a variety of theories were advanced by the prominent members, embracing involution and evolution, to account for the infinitesimal size of the Animalculan race of humanity, and causes of reduction. Some advocated psychological condensation24 of the souls of our race after death, the degrees of perfection being indicated by the gradations of size distinguishing the castes of giantesco, medium, and tit. Others that they were the concentrated essences of our human vitality25 in happy translation exonerated26 from the corruptions27 of organic support. But a majority were inclined to subject you and your associates to a thorough test upon the score of optical illusion; a few, however, contended that you were subject to necromantic28 agency. In fact, your mental and physical condition was analyzed29 with the nicest tests of scrutiny31 that could be brought to bear from the manifestations32 developed in the composition of your letter. From the extremes of experience, and extensive resources of the 284members for tracing the influences of climate, with the moral effect of the eventful transitions through which you passed, they soon arrived at the definite conclusion that your discoveries were legitimately33 compatible with a sound mind, notwithstanding the precedental lack of parallel examples for comparison. But before final adoption35, the effects likely to be wrought36 in mental, moral, and theological philosophy were elaborately discussed. But from a lack of data to establish the fact of their complete and separate existence as a race, or whether they are representative soul iotas37 of our own race undergoing the process of refinement38, the question was held in suspension for the bias39 of well attested41 information. The discovery, however, was unanimously indorsed as an unprecedented42 matter of fact, tangible43 to your own and the initiated44 senses of your associates, and in no way improbable, although reduced to the extreme limits of believing divisibility.
From the insatiable desire of your personal friends, and the few court magnates admitted to the secret, to see and read your letter, in proof of the reality of the discovery, it has become extremely dilapidated; besides, the encroachments of memento45 clippings have in some parts reached the text. From the almost realized probability of its becoming illegible46 it is the general wish of the members, expressed in a series of resolutions, that you should retain the duplicate to be filed in the recorded transactions of the Society on your return. Of this you may be sure, from the reverence47 bestowed48 upon the one received, in after years it will be esteemed49 as a relic50 of attraction sufficient for the liquidation51 of any emergency to which the Society may become subject from revolution or invasion. By the adoption of this advisable precaution the discovery will be preserved for the perpetual honor and benefit of the Society, as an index of its pre?minent claims above those of rival societies and 285associations in foreign countries. We shall not for the future presume to offer you advice for the direction of your investigations52, but in your next communication the Society would be pleased to learn from the Manatitlan naturalists53 the number and species of the Giga animals that are at present represented in Animalculan life. If your researches have developed other racial peculiarities54 in the interim55 they will serve as a digestive stimulant56 to the doubtful.
The society has elected, by a unanimous vote, Mr. Welson, Mr. Dow, and Captain Greenwood, corresponding members, and the Padre Simon, Jack57, and Bill (you neglected to write the names of the last mentioned in full), honorary fellows. This is a step toward liberalism quite unprecedented in the annals of the Society. Their election, however, was held as a politic58 necessity to prevent them from advancing claims of priority under the patronage59 of foreign societies, as Prussia now intends to maintain her position as a—if not the—leading nation of Europe, which the reputation of her Krupp’s cannon60 have gained. I am recommended to hint the necessity of precaution in keeping watch over their movements, lest by surreptitious publication of the discovery, the honors of the Society dependent upon priority might be imperiled. Your personal friends send three household tympano-microscopes, suited for dining-room entertainment and post-prandial speeches. Herr Dollynitzen, the eminent61 toy architect, to whom the discovery was communicated as a state secret, has exercised his utmost skill in the erection and adornment62 of the palaces intended for the Manatitlan Dosch and his advisors63; also in the arrangement of the Court suites64 for the production of magnificent effects. The appointments of the lesser65 buildings and accommodations for attache’s attendants, are in admirable keeping with the grandeur66 of the design. The buildings are supplied with all the modern improvements and 286appliances for the distribution of gas and water, for illumination and lavatory67 purposes. The brewery68, stables, and distillery, are without the chief inclosure in the rear. The punch bowls, bier glasses, and state table service of plate, if found too cumbersome69 for use, will serve as monuments for the memorial attestation70 of our artistic71 skill. In fact, you will be surprised with the skill exhibited in the accomplishment72 of the undertaking73, in all that appertains to durability74 and finished taste, when you consider the short space of time allowed for its completion. Imperial majesty75, and the prince of diplomats77, have promised to find time to offer you their autographical greetings for the honors you have conferred upon the crown by your important discoveries, which will be sanctioned in acceptance with the double approval of our august bird of prey78, as token of recognized merit.
Yours truly,
Per order of the R. H. B. Society,
Bugwitzs, Sec.
N. B. (Entre nous.) If you can send us (liberals) a codified79 formula of the Manatitlan system of education (under cover to me), it might be used as a reformatory basis for a revolutionary movement to effect the rescue of governmental power from the arbitrary sway of the legitimate34 few. Anything new, with the reputation of an experienced trial of six or seven thousand years, would serve as a subject for public speaking and talk; for as the Manatitlans say, the liberal and radical80 democracy of our race are attracted by the sonorous81 bellowings of the physically82 strong lunged leaders of herd83, and amused in dalliance with the softly toned melody of the lowing kine. B.
M. Hollydorf, after reading the secretary’s letter, would have suppressed the autographic missive; but the Dosch called his attention to it,—laughingly adding, 287that he had been advised of the contents by a third party, who was present during the process of dictation. Observing the flush that mounted to M. Hollydorf’s face, he said, “I perceive that our system of espionage84 is not fully85 sanctioned by your thoughts. But as our object is devoid86 of instinctive87 curiosity and malice88, and solely89 devoted90 to the emancipation91 of your race from the impositions of selfishness, you will upon mature consideration approve of our course. We are fully aware of the difficulty you experience in divesting92 yourselves of the reverential awe93 inspired by the sounding appellations94 of king, emperor, prince, and other titles bestowed for self-gratulation in the flights of vanity. But if you will analyze30 the charter privileges conferred with these vapory titles, you will find that patents of nobility are the real talons95 of your standard emblem96 of nationality, which allows the grantee to become a participator with the imperial or kingly beak97, in rending98 the spoils of oppression. In truth, the whole structure of your mythological99 and classical literature, upon which the anointed supremacy100 of kingly and noble power rests, is as vague and shadowy in its reflection, as a source of awe, as the sun photograph of an ass’s ears upon the ground for the intimidation101 of their owner.
“The privileged follies102 of the upper ranks, rather than their wisdom, is, from the contrasted meanness of self, the instinctive cause of reverential fear with the poverty stricken. The man who will accept the direction of others, when obliged to dissemble his own follies, not only contravenes103 the manifest indications of Creative intention, but demeans the natural honesty of his instinct below brute104 capacity. It is also equally evident that a man who will not deal honestly with himself, is not only unworthy, but will betray the trust reposed105 in him by others, and as an apostate106 to his human privilege demeans his instinct as far below the reach of the lower orders as his capabilities107 288are above. With this class, who ape the privilege of ruling others when lacking the will for self-control, our espionage is no treason, but the study of instinct, devoted to selfish gratification, in search of means for emancipation. The craft of the diplomat76, whose foxy instinct endeavors to fix the incentive108 stigma109 of a causeless war upon neighboring nations, as the precursor110 of slaughtered111 millions, for the absorption of coveted112 territory, should prove a source of reprobation113, rather than praise, to the peaceful perceptions of instinct.”
In illustration of the covetous114 nature of the letter, which from the patriotic115 sympathy of shame you would withhold116, we will state from the basis of auramental experience, that the victory of Germany over her Gallic neighbor, who lacked the leading energies of a man capable of controlling with inspired confidence her armies, will prove far worse than a defeat for the continued prosperity of the country. This is especially evident to our perceptions, as it has stimulated117 the policy of preparing the means while lying in wait for a pretext118 to absorb the coveted northern seaboard, under the present national control of Belgium, Holland, Denmark, and Russia. Flattered by the prestige she has gained from consolidation119, she forgets that her Gallic achievement was solely dependent upon fortuitous circumstances. With a mind capable of commanding unity120 of action, France would prove more than her equal in the battle field, of which the elder Bonaparte gave evidence in controlling the powers of Europe. You will perceive by the tendency of this prelude121 that we are fully prepared for the propositions contained in your autographic letter, which will of itself attest40 to our protective right of espionage, and will render it:—
289Kaiserlant, Aug., 187-.
My dear Hollydorf, you will be pleased to hear that we hold the French disposition122 still handsomely in check, by fomentations skillfully applied123 by our prince of diplomats. But his mind is too expansive for the frivolity124 of cultivating the natural mushroom tendency of the Celt for intestine125 irruption. More anon! we have a conception in the womb of the future! Your discovery is truly astonishing! Many of the scientific scarcely credit it! Why not? It’s easy to believe if you only think so. A glance at Alsace and Lorraine for instance. Will the Manatitlans acknowledge fealty126 to Prussia in recognition of our rights of priority? Push the Dosch gently on the subject. It will be of advantage to the Dosch to subscribe127 for our protection, as we shall soon assume the leading role of Europe, which England can’t gainsay128. You are authorized129 to act as our vice-imperator for the execution of a protectorate annexation130. In case of obduracy131 how large a force of our veterans would you require for their subjugation132? Answer in your next. The prince advises expectant treatment, with such placebos133 as your better knowledge of the characteristics of their blind side may suggest. As the giantescoes could be made especially useful in diplomacy134 and warlike operations, which with our progressive enterprise may soon occur, the enlistment135 of two or more corps would enable us to anticipate the moves of the enemy. The prince thinks it advisable to enlist136 a corps that understands the French language, as we are obliged to keep a sharp eye in that direction. We have also thought it advisable to keep the discovery a secret among ourselves for the present. Ask the Dosch if he can approximate in calculation the number of our animalculan subjects in Prussia, and learn where their chief cities are located! Would it not be well to have an animalculan survey of the empire, under 290Manatitlan engineers, for its topographical division into departments? You have, by the advice of the prince, been enrolled137 as a candidate for the honors of knighthood, and will hereafter be designated as the Count Palatine of Heraclea, and Viceroy of Manatitla. The king herald138 of the royal commandery only awaits the transmission of their national escutcheons for incorporation139 with the Prussian, and quarterings of your family, before the announcement of your full investment and title will be proclaimed. The prince of diplomats advises gentle dissimulation140 in the inceptive stages of your negotiations141 with the Manatitlans; and in the second insinuations with non-committal or evasive attachments142; and boldness when fully prepared to offer your ultimatum143. This plan worked admirably with the French, who are probably far more accomplished144 in the diplomatic art than the Manatitlans. If you had experienced the advantages of a married life, you could better appreciate the benefits of the preparatory stages proposed, from their successful adaptability145 for the quiet management of domestic affairs. We shall anticipate with increased interest the arrival of your next letters. Please present the Kaiser pipe to Dr. Baāhar with its accompanying sack of Latakia and Shiraz ammunition146, as its smoke will aid him in resurrecting many interesting items from the ruins of old Heraclea. The gift you can render more acceptable by an appropriate presentation speech, at the close of a public banquet given at our expense. If you think it will enhance the acceptability of the gift, you can allude147 to its dedication148 by my own and the lips of the prince, which will be sure to impart to him a politic shrewdness that will outwit the Jesuits.
Your Kaiser.
M. Hollydorf acknowledged with a flush of shame the correctness of the Dosch’s verbatim rendering149 of 291the Kaiser letter. But the Dosch rallied him with the assurance that the effort was above the general average of the kind, and really acceptable as an aid in demonstrating the indifference150 of potentates151 for the real welfare of their subjects. “If,” he urged, “Newton, Humboldt, Arago, and other scientific celebrities152, had occupied but half of the time in study for the practical relief of their race from the potential rule of selfishness, that they devoted to theories strained from debris153 gleanings of earth’s attritions, from counter elementary action, they would have secured in grateful reciprocation154 an ever enduring immortality156, that would have lived with the endowment of their living impression, in the current of affection, to the garnered157 end of the allotted158 term of mortal representation. Instead of using their gigantic endowments for the development of man’s knowledge of himself, in privileged relation to creative design, for the fulfillment of indications vouchsafed159 for his affectionate direction, they endeavored to illuminate160 the precedental path of irrational161 delusions162, and left their immense labors163, under the seal of acknowledged greatness, as barren of sympathy for immortal155 direction, as the sands of Sahara are for the support of the Arab wanderer. We do not disclaim164 the collateral165 benefits to be derived166 from the cultivation167 of practical “science,” but to devote one’s energies to exhuming168 relics169, tracing glacial tracks, chasing butterflies and other insects, for capture, without other motive170 than for classification and the gratification of curiosity, is as void of beneficial result as the youthful Gigas’ antiquarian search for postage stamps. The obstinate171 perseverance172 of the Scotch173 Animalculans in imitating the fanatical absurdities174 of their Giga exemplars, has become proverbial with our Manatitlan colonists175, who render it “scratching for miracles to cure evils of easy prevention.” A reputation founded solely upon entomological pursuits will deservedly prove as 292short lived, and lack-worthy of sympathy, as the ancient family hunts of the Gaels, who left a breeding cause for wasted time spent in the pursuit of their bodies’ parasitic176 foes177, when with ease they could have rid themselves of the pests, and added to their comfort by cleanliness. In our aerial study of botanical adaptation, we have observed the date palm, indigenous178 to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean179, growing at the mouths of all the large American rivers of tropical latitudes180, corresponding with the current streams of the ocean setting from the Strait of Gibraltar. In Mexico and Yucatan, the date palm grows as luxuriantly, and yields as abundantly in exotic transplantation as under the favoring influences of native soil and climate. Even in the latifundium with its exalted181 altitude, you will observe that with cultivation it yields fruit of a quality far superior to the Egyptian, and has in reality proved the bread of life to the Heracleans. Now if the scientific of your race would but study these vicarious indications of nature for transplanting increase, and cultivate them in extension with intelligent zeal182 for affectionate bestowal183, war, and its indigent184 charity sequence of doles185, would forever pass away from the surplant of confiding186 love. But your race are now so wedded187 to the fruits of precedentalism, that if you, on your return to the haunts of civilization, should attempt to promulgate188 your present happy thoughts, without forestalling189 them with the substantial relation of your animalculan discovery of the Manatitlan race, your own relatives would denounce you as lunatic Utopiasts.”
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fealty
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