Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
Author: Benjamin Lumley (AKA Hermes) Genre: LiteratureAnother World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
rks of God stimula
but good is ever fruitful, and each
ntrusted to those alone whose goodness, discipline, and self-knowledge enable them to stand firmly against the varied attacks of temptation, and rise
known to weak minds was sadly abused, the charm was thus broken and the secret lost; for, when the knowledge of m
ses have been properly looked upon with horror as delegates of evil; for the
and aided me in consummating my plans without bloodshed; those who were deaf to
d in the pursuit adapted to his genius and inclination, ascertained by ever vigilant and
d there are so many checks and counterchecks, that the boy is effectually protected against the n
ending phalanx of great men. The progress of science was marvellous, for as soon as the impeding obstacles were removed, and we
ood at the head of this portion of my la
d amusements, and to turn many-particularly men of genius
, for I was a frequent attendant
wielded only by men intent on good, disease and crime were soon reduced to almost imperceptible proportions. Wisdom and joy ruled where before folly and miser
could not be removed, they were often mad
intercepted in their work of destruction,[1] their properties ha
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on, and attacking man and beast. These creatures are now dominated, and their breed is encouraged, for they have become the most valuable of o
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w disease amongst the people, now conduces to the
told in our legendary lore-by the anger of the Fire
See Electri
our arts and manufactures, to supply a power which cannot otherwise be obtained,
l in our world beyond a
the shades are not blac
hen at night this is completely shut out from the houses,
s visitation, no man could see his neighbour; fear seized the people. They believed it to be the reign of bad spirits,
e darkness, and joyfulness t
ich the causes that produced the darkness
esigns of many tints and great beauty are transparent with light, rendered more beautiful by combination with
to greet the change, and the trees and
ast with the darkness they are made to displace-a contrast scarcely greater than that depicted by our "Nature Delineators" wh