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For instance, this world of ours is pretty well girded now with the telegraph wires and cables; thought, with something less than the speed of thought, flashes from sunrise to sunset, from north to south, across the floods and the desert places. FOR INSTANCE THIS WORLD OF OURS IS PRETTY WELL GIRDED NOW WITH ITS TELEGRAPH WIRES AND CABLES THOUGHT WITH SOMETHING LESS THAN THE SPEED OF THOUGHT FLASHES FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE FLOODS IN THE DESERT PLACES
 years of toiling and groping in the dark, after days and nights of disappointments and sometimes of despair, in which I used now and then to tremble and grow cold with the thought that perhaps there were others seeking for what I sought, at last, after so long, a pang of sudden joy thrilled my soul, and I knew the long journey was at an end. By what seemed then and still seems a chance, the suggestion of a moment’s idle thought followed up upon familiar lines and paths that I had tracked a hundred times already, the great truth burst upon me, and I saw, mapped out in lines of sight, a whole world, a sphere unknown; continents and islands, and great oceans in which no ship has sailed (to my belief) since a Man first lifted up his eyes and beheld the sun, and the stars of heaven, and the quiet earth beneath. You will think this all high-flown language, Clarke, but it is hard to be literal. And yet; I do not know whether what I am hinting at cannot be set forth in plain and lonely terms.  AFTER YEARS OF LABOUR AFTER YEARS OF TOILING AND GROPING IN THE DARK AFTER DAYS AND NIGHTS OF DISAPPOINTMENTS AND SOMETIMES OF DESPAIR IN WHICH I USED NOW AND THEN TO TREMBLE AND GROW COLD WITH THE THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS THERE WERE OTHERS SEEKING FOR WHAT I SOUGHT AT LAST AFTER SO LONG A PANG OF SUDDEN JOY THRILLED MY SOUL AND I KNEW THE LONG JOURNEY WAS AT AN END BY WHAT SEEMED THEN AND STILL SEEMS A CHANCE THE SUGGESTION OF A MOMENT'S IDLE THOUGHT FOLLOWED UP UPON FAMILIAR LINES AND PATHS THAT I ATTRACKED A HUNDRED TIMES ALREADY THE GREAT TRUTH BURST UPON ME AND I SAW MAPPED OUT IN LINES OF SIGHT A WHOLE WORLD A SPHERE UNKNOWN CONTINENTS AND ISLANDS AND GREAT OCEANS IN WHICH NO SHIP HAS SAILED TO MY BELIEF SINCE A MAN FIRST LIFTED UP HIS EYES AND BEHELD THE SUN AND THE STARS OF HEAVEN AND THE QUIET EARTH BENEATH YOU WILL THINK THIS ALL HIGH FLOWN LANGUAGE CLARK BUT IT IS HARD TO BE LITERAL AND YET I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER WHAT I AM HINTING AT CANNOT BE SET FORTH IN PLAIN AND LONELY TERMS
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