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being then amongst us no stimulus to painstaking labour�察�whether in desire 

of fame or in pressure of want�察�such as have the poetic temperament�察�no 

doubt vent it in song�察�as you say the bird sings�察�but for lack of elaborate 

culture it fails of an audience�察�and�察�failing of an audience�察�dies out�察�of itself�察�

amidst the ordinary avocations of life。; 

     ;But     how    is  it  that  these    discouragements       to   the  cultivation     of 

literature do not operate against that of science�拭─�

     ;Your question amazes me。            The motive to science is the love of truth 

apart from all consideration of fame�察�and science with us too is devoted 

almost solely to practical uses�察�essential to our social conversation and the 

comforts of our daily life。         No 88fame is asked by the inventor�察�and none 

is   given   to   him�察  �he   enjoys   an   occupation   congenial   to   his   tastes�察  �and 

needing no   wear   and tear of   the passions。          Man must   have   exercise   for 

his mind as well as body�察�and continuous exercise�察�rather than violent�察�is 



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best for both。      Our most ingenious cultivators of science are�察�as a general 

rule�察  �the   longest   lived   and   the   most   free   from   disease。   Painting   is   an 

amusement to many�察�but the art is not what it was in former times�察�when 

the great painters in our various communities vied with each other for the 

prize of a golden crown�察�which gave them a social rank equal to that of the 

kings under whom they lived。              You will thus doubtless have observed in 

our   archaeological   department   how   superior   in   point   of   art   the   pictures 

were     several   thousand     years   ago。    Perhaps      it  is  because   music    is�察 �in 

reality�察   �more    allied   to  science    than    it  is  to  poetry�察  �that�察  �of  all  the 

pleasurable      arts�察 �music    is  that  which    flourishes    the   most   amongst      us。 

Still�察�even in music the absence of stimulus in praise or fame has served to 

prevent any great superiority of one individual over another�察�and we rather 

excel in choral music�察�with the aid of our vast mechanical instruments�察�in 

which      we   make     great   use   of   the   agency    of   water��*    than   in   single 

performers。;       *   This   may   remind   the   student   of   Nero's   invention   of   a 

musical   machine�察  �by   which   water   was   made   to   perform   the   part   of   an 

orchestra�察  �and   on   which   he   was   employed   when   the   conspiracy   against 

him broke out。 

     ;We   have   had   scarcely   any   original   composer   for   some   ages。         Our 

favorite     airs  are   very   ancient    in  substance�察    �but   have    admitted    many 

complicated variations by inferior�察�though ingenious�察�musicians。; 

     ;Are there no political societies among the Ana which are animated by 

those passions�察�subjected to those crimes�察�and admitting those disparities 

in condition�察�in intellect�察�and in morality�察�which the state of your tribe�察�or 

indeed of the Vril´ya generally�察�has left behind in its progress to perfection�拭�

If so�察�among such societies perhaps Poetry and her sister arts still continue 

to be honoured and to improve�拭─�89 ;There are such societies in remote 

regions�察    �but    we    do   not   admit     them     within    the   pale    of   civilised 

communities�察�we scarcely even give them the name of Ana�察�and certainly 

not that of Vril´ya。       They are savages�察�living chiefly in that low stage of 

being�察�Koom´Posh�察�tending necessarily to its own hideous dissolution in 

Glek´Nas。       Their   wretched   existence   is   passed   in   perpetual   contest   and 

perpetual   change。       When   they   do   not   fight   with   their   neighbours�察  �they 

fight   among   themselves。         They   are   divided   into   sections�察  �which   abuse�察�



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plunder�察  �and   sometimes   murder   each   other�察  �and   on   the   most   frivolous 

points of difference that would be unintelligible to us if we had not read 

history�察�and seen that we too have passed through the same early state of 

ignorance and barbarism。            Any trifle is sufficient to set them together by 

the ears。     They pretend to be all equals�察�and the more they have struggled 

to   be   so�察 �by   removing      old  distinctions�察   �and    starting   afresh�察  �the  more 

glaring     and    intolerable     the   disparity     becomes�察     �because     nothing     in 

hereditary      affections    and   associations     is  left  to  soften   the   one   naked 

distinction   between   the   many   who   have   nothing   and   the   few   who   have 

much。      Of course the many hate the few�察�but without the few they could 

not    live。   The     many     are   always     assailing    the  few�察   �sometimes      they 

exterminate the few�察�but as soon as they have done so�察�a new few starts out 

of   the   many�察  �and   is   harder   to   deal   with   than   the   old   few。 For   where 

societies are large�察�and competition to have something is the predominant 

fever�察�there must be always many losers and few gainers。                      In short�察�they 

are   savages   groping   their   way  in   the   dark   towards   some   gleam  of   light�察�

and   would   demand   our   commiseration   for   their   infirmities�察  �if�察  �like   all 

savages�察�they did not provoke their own destruction by their arrogance and 

cruelty。     Can   you   imagine   that   creatures   of   this   kind�察  �armed   only   with 

such   miserable   weapons   as   you   may   see   in   our   museum   of   antiquities�察�

clumsy iron tubes charged with saltpetre�察�have more than once threatened 

with   destruction   a   tribe   of   the   90Vril´ya�察  �which   dwells   nearest   to   them�察�

because   they   say   they   have   thirty   millions   of   population´   and   that   tribe 

may have fifty thousand´ if the latter do not accept their notions of Soc´ 

Sec    ��money      getting��   on   some    trading    principles    which    they   have    the 

impudence to call 'a law of civilisation'�拭─�

     ;But   thirty   millions   of   population   are   formidable   odds   against   fifty 

thousand� ─�

     My host stared at me astonished。             ;Stranger�察─�said he�察 �you could not 

have heard me say that this threatened tribe belongs to the Vril´ya�察�and it 

only waits for these savages to declare war�察�in order to commission some 

half´a´dozen small children to sweep away their whole population。; 

     At these words I felt a thrill of horror�察�recognising much more affinity 

with ;the savages; than I did with the Vril´ya�察�and remembering all I had 



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said    in  praise   of   the   glorious    American      institutions�察  �which    Aph´Lin 

stigmatised   as   Koom´Posh。         Recovering   my   self´possession�察  �I   asked   if 

there were modes of transit by which I could safely visit this temerarious 

and remote people。 

     ;You can travel with safety�察�by vril agency�察�either along the ground or 

amid the air�察�throughout all the range of the communities with which we 

are allied and akin�察�but I cannot vouch for your safety in barbarous nations 

governed by different laws from ours�察�nations�察�indeed�察�so benighted�察�that 

there   are   among   them  large   numbers   who actually  live   by  stealing   from 

each other�察�and one could not with safety in the Silent Hours even leave 

the doors of one's own house open。; 

     Here   our   conversation   was   interrupted   by  the   entrance   of Taee�察  �who 

came to inform us that he�察�having been deputed to discover and destroy the 

enormous   reptile   which   I   had   seen   on   my   first   arrival�察  �had   been   on   the 

watch for it ever since his visit to me�察�and had began to suspect that my 

eyes had deceived me�察�or that the creature had made its way through the 

cavities within 91the rocks to the wild regions in which dwelt its kindred 

race�察� when it gave evidences of its whereabouts by a great devastation of 

the herbage bordering one of the lakes。            ;And�察─�said Taee�察 �I feel sure that 

within that lake it is now hiding。          So�察─。�turning to me�� ;I thought it might 

amuse you to accompany me to see the way we destroy such unpleasant 

visitors。; As I looked at the face of the young child�察�and called to mind the 

enormous   size   of   the   creature   he   proposed   to   exterminate�察  �I   felt   myself 

shudder with fear for him�察�and perhaps fear for myself�察�if I accompanied 

him in such a chase。         But my curiosity to witness the destructive effects 

of the boasted vril�察�and my unwillingness to lower myself in the eyes of an 

infant   by   betraying   apprehensions   of   personal   safety�察  �prevailed   over   my 

first    impulse。       Accordingly�察       �I   thanked     Taee     for   his    courteous 

consideration for my amusement�察�and professed my willingness to set out 

with him on so diverting an enterprise。 



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                          CHAPTER XVIII。 



       As Taee and myself�察�on quitting the town�察�and leaving to the left the 

main road which led to it�察�struck into the  fields�察�the strange and solemn 

beauty of the landscape�察�lighted up�察�by numberless lamps�察�to the verge of 

the   horizon�察   �fascinated    my    eyes�察  �and   rendered    me   for   some    time   an 

inattentive listener to the talk of my companion。 

     Along our way var

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