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from volcanic   fires�察 �and contented   to   grope their   way  in the   dark�察 �as   do 

many creeping�察�crawling and flying things。               But certainly you cannot be a 

member of those barbarous tribes�察�nor�察�on the other hand�察�do you seem to 

belong to any civilised people。; 

     I was somewhat nettled at this last observation�察�and replied that I had 

the honour to belong to one of the most civilised nations of the earth�察�and 

that�察  �so   far   as   light   was   concerned�察  �while   I   admired   the   ingenuity   and 

disregard   of     expense   with    which     my   host   and   his  fellow´citizens     had 

contrived to illumine the regions unpenetrated by the rays of the sun�察�yet I 

could   not   conceive   how   any   who   had   once   beheld   the   orbs   of   heaven 

could     compare      to   their   lustre   the   artificial   lights   invented     by   the 

necessities of man。        But my host said he had seen specimens of most of 

the   races   differing   from   his   own�察  �save   the   wretched   barbarians   he   had 

mentioned。       Now�察�was it possible that he had never been on the surface of 

the earth�察�or could he only be referring to communities buried within its 

entrails�拭�

     My   host   was   for   some   moments   silent�察  �his   countenance   showed   a 



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degree   of   surprise   which   the   people   of   that   race   very   rarely   26manifest 

under   any   circumstances�察  �howsoever   extraordinary。               But   Zee   was   more 

intelligent�察�and exclaimed�察 �So you see�察�my father�察�that there is truth in the 

old tradition�察�there always is truth in every tradition commonly believed in 

all times and by all tribes。; 

     ;Zee�察─�said my host mildly�察 �you belong to the College of Sages�察�and 

ought to be wiser than I am�察�but�察�as chief of the Light´preserving Council�察�

it is my duty to take nothing for granted till it is proved to the evidence of 

my own senses。; Then�察�turning to me�察�he asked me several questions about 

the   surface   of   the   earth   and   the   heavenly   bodies�察  �upon   which�察  �though   I 

answered   him   to   the   best   of   my   knowledge�察  �my   answers   seemed   not   to 

satisfy nor convince him。            He shook his head quietly�察�and�察�changing the 

subject   rather   abruptly�察  �asked   how   I   had   come   down   from   what   he   was 

pleased to call one world to the other。              I answered�察�that under the surface 

of the earth there were mines containing minerals�察�or metals�察�essential to 

our   wants   and   our   progress   in   all   arts   and   industries�察  �and   I   then   briefly 

explained the manner in which�察�while exploring one of those mines�察�I and 

my ill´fated   friend had  obtained a  glimpse of   the regions   into which   we 

had descended�察�and how the descent had cost him his life�察�appealing to the 

rope and grappling´ hooks that the child had brought to the house in which 

I had been at first received�察�as a witness of the truthfulness of my story。 

     My host then proceeded to question me as to the habits and modes of 

life   among   the   races   on   the   upper   earth�察  �more   especially   among   those 

considered   to   be   the   most   advanced   in   that   civilisation   which   he   was 

pleased to define ;the art of diffusing throughout a community the tranquil 

happiness       which    belongs     to   a  virtuous    and    well´ordered      household。; 

Naturally  desiring   to   represent   in   the   most   favourable   colours   the   world 

from   which   I   came�察  �I   touched   but   slightly�察  �though   indulgently�察  �on   the 

antiquated and decaying institutions of Europe�察�in order 27to expatiate on 

the    present     grandeur     and    prospective      pre´eminence        of  that   glorious 

American        Republic�察    �in  which     Europe     enviously      seeks   its  model     and 

tremblingly foresees its doom。             Selecting for an example of the social life 

of the United States that city in which progress advances at the fastest rate�察�

I   indulged   in   an   animated   description   of   the   moral   habits   of   New York。 



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Mortified   to   see�察  �by   the   faces   of   my   listeners�察  �that   I   did   not   make   the 

favourable impression I had anticipated�察�I elevated my theme�察�dwelling on 

the    excellence    of   democratic     institutions�察   �their  promotion      of  tranquil 

happiness      by   the  government       of  party�察  �and   the   mode    in  which     they 

diffused such happiness throughout the community by preferring�察�for the 

exercise of power and the acquisition of honours�察�the lowliest citizens in 

point of property�察�education�察�and character。              Fortunately recollecting the 

peroration      of   a   speech�察   �on    the   purifying     influences     of   American 

democracy   and   their   destined   spread   over   the   world�察  �made   by   a   certain 

eloquent   senator   ��for   whose   vote   in   the   Senate   a   Railway   Company�察  �to 

which my two brothers belonged�察�had just paid 20��000 dollars���察�I wound 

up   by   repeating   its   glowing   predictions   of   the   magnificent   future   that 

smiled   upon   mankind´   when   the   flag   of   freedom   should   float   over   an 

entire     continent�察   �and    two    hundred     millions     of   intelligent    citizens�察�

accustomed from infancy to the daily use of revolvers�察�should apply to a 

cowering universe the doctrine of the Patriot Monroe。 

     When I had concluded�察�my host gently shook his head�察�and fell into a 

musing study�察�making a sign to me and his daughter to remain silent while 

he reflected。     And after a time he said�察�in a very earnest and solemn tone�察�

;If   you   think   as   you   say�察 �that  you�察   �though    a  stranger�察  �have   received 

kindness at the hands of me and   mine�察�I adjure you to reveal nothing to 

any other of our people respecting the world from which you came�察�unless�察�

on consideration�察�I give you permission to do so。                Do you consent to this 

request�拭─�

     28;Of course I pledge my word�察�to it�察─�said I�察�somewhat amazed�察�and I 

extended my right hand to grasp his。              But he placed my hand gently on 

his   forehead   and   his   own   right   hand   on   my  breast�察  �which   is   the   custom 

amongst this race in all matters of promise or verbal obligations。                     Then 

turning to his daughter�察�he said�察 �And you�察�Zee�察�will not repeat to any one 

what the stranger has said�察�or may say�察�to me or to you�察�of a world other 

than our own。; Zee rose and kissed her father on the temples�察�saying�察�with 

a smile�察 �A Gy's tongue is wanton�察�but love can fetter it fast。                And if�察�my 

father�察�you fear lest a chance word from me or yourself could expose our 

community to danger�察�by a desire to explore a world beyond us�察�will not a 



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wave of the 'vril��' properly impelled�察�wash even the memory of what we 

have heard the stranger say out of the tablets of the brain�拭─�

     ;What is the vril�拭─      �I asked。 

     Therewith       Zee   began     to   enter   into   an   explanation     of   which     I 

understood very little�察�for there is no word in any language I know which 

is   an   exact   synonym   for   vril。  I   should   call   it   electricity�察  �except   that   it 

comprehends in its manifold branches other forces of nature�察�to which�察�in 

our    scientific    nomenclature�察      �differing    names     are   assigned�察   �such    as 

magnetism�察�galvanism�察�&c。            These people consider that in vril they have 

arrived     at  the   unity   in   natural    energetic    agencies�察   �which     has   been 

conjectured by many philosophers above ground�察�and which Faraday thus 

intimates under the more cautious term of correlation�此� 

     ;I   have   long   held   an   opinion�察─  �says   that   illustrious   experimentalist�察�

;almost amounting to a conviction�察�in common�察�I believe�察�with many other 

lovers of natural knowledge�察�that the various forms under which the forces 

of matter are made manifest�察�have one common origin�察�or�察�in other words�察�

are so directly related and mutually dependent that they are convertible�察�as 

it were into one another�察�and possess equivalents of power in their action。; 

     29These subterranean philosophers assert that by one operation of vril�察�

which     Faraday     would    perhaps     call  'atmospheric     magnetism��'     they   can 

influence the variations of temperature´ in plain words�察�the weather�察�that 

by operations�察�akin to those ascribed to mesmerism�察�electro´biology�察�odic 

force�察  �&c。�察  �but   applied   scientifically�察  �through   vril   conductors�察  �they   can 

exercise   influence   over   minds�察  �and   bodies   animal   and   vegetable�察  �to   an 

extent not surpassed in the romances of our mystics。                To all such agencies 

they give the common name of vril。             Zee asked me if�察�in my world�察�it was 

not known that all the faculties of the mind could be quickened to a degree 

unknown in the waking state�察�by trance or vision�察�in which the thoughts of 

one brain could be transmitted to another�察�and knowledge be thus rapidly 

interchanged。       I replied�察�that there were amongst us stories told of such 

trance    or   vision�察  �and   that  I  had   heard    much    and    seen   something     in 

mesmeric       clairvoyance�察    �but   that  these   practices    had   fallen  much     into 

disuse or contempt�察�partly because of the gross impostures to which they

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