Etidorhpa – A Wail of Sadness Inexpressible
” It is possible – is it not? – for you to imagine a continuous volley of iron balls passing near you in one line, in a horizontal direction, with considerable velocity. Suppose that a pane of glass were to be gradually moved so that a corner of it would be struck by one of the balls; then the entire sheet of glass would be shivered by the concussion, even though the bullet struck but a single spot of glass, the...
Etidorhpa – Primary Colors Are Capable of Farther Subdivision
[postpic=center]99989[/postpic] ” Get into the boat,” said my eyeless pilot, ” and we will proceed to the farther edge of the lake, over the barrier of which at great intervals of time, the surface water flows, and induces the convulsion known as Mount Epomeo.” We accordingly embarked, and a gentle touch of the lever enabled us rapidly to skirt the shore of the underground sea. The soft, bright, pleasant...
Etidorhpa – The Living Brain
The old man accompanied his word ” come,” as I have said, by rising from his chair, and then with a display of strength quite out of proportion to his age, he grasped my wrist and drew me toward the door. Realizing at once that he intended I should accompany him into the night, I protested, saying that I was quite unprepared. ” My hat, at least,” I insisted, as he made no recognition of my first demur. ”...
Etidorhpa – The Old Man Relates a Story as an Object Lesson
” But you have not lived up to the promise; you have evaded part of the bargain,” I continued. ” While you have certainly performed some curious experiments in physics which seem to be unique, yet, I am only an amateur in science, and your hydrostatic illustrations may be repetitions of investigations already recorded, that have escaped the attention of the scientific gentlemen to whom I have hitherto applied.”...
Etidorhpa – My Unbidden Guest Accepts It
The white-haired reader, in whom I had now become deeply interested, no longer an unwelcome stranger, suspended his reading, laid down his manuscript, and looking me in the face, asked: ” Are you a believer?” ” No,” I promptly answered. ” What part of the narrative do you question?” “All of it.” ” Have you not already investigated some of the statements I previously made?” he...