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... suppose a parallel case , by way of arous- ing the candid attention of my readers . Let us suppose , then , that the inhabitants of the moon , by astonishing advancement in science , and by profound insight into that lu- nar philosophy ...
... suppose a parallel case , by way of arous- ing the candid attention of my readers . Let us suppose , then , that the inhabitants of the moon , by astonishing advancement in science , and by profound insight into that lu- nar philosophy ...
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... suppose that the aërial visitants I have men- tioned possessed of vastly superior knowledge to ourselves ; that is to say , possessed of superior knowledge in the art of extermination , -riding The Men of the Moon 103 on hyppogriffs ...
... suppose that the aërial visitants I have men- tioned possessed of vastly superior knowledge to ourselves ; that is to say , possessed of superior knowledge in the art of extermination , -riding The Men of the Moon 103 on hyppogriffs ...
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... suppose them , if our vanity will permit the supposition , as superior to us in knowledge , and conse- quently in power , as the Europeans were to the Indians , when they first discovered them . All this is very possible ; it is only ...
... suppose them , if our vanity will permit the supposition , as superior to us in knowledge , and conse- quently in power , as the Europeans were to the Indians , when they first discovered them . All this is very possible ; it is only ...
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THE AUTHORS APOLOGY I | 1 |
ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR | 14 |
ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC | 23 |
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