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Suppose that an electrician of today were suddenly to perceive that he and his friends have merely been playing with pebbles and mistaking them for the foundations of the world; suppose that such a man saw uttermost space lie open before the current, and words of men flash forth to the sun and beyond the sun into the systems beyond, and the voice of articulate speaking men echo in the waste void that bounds our thought. SUPPOSE THAT AN ELECTRICIAN OF TO DAY WERE SUDDENLY TO PERCEIVE THAT HE AND HIS FRIENDS HAVE MERELY BEEN PLAYING WITH PEBBLES AND MISTAKING THEM TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD SUPPOSE THAT SUCH A MAN SAW UTTERMOST SPACE LIE OPEN BEFORE THE CURRENT AND WORDS OF MEN FLASH FORTH TO THE SUN AND BEYOND THE SUN INTO THE SYSTEMS BEYOND AND THE VOICE OF ARTICULATE SPEAKING MEN ECHO IN THE WASTE VOID THAT BOUNDS OUR THOUGHT
, 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. 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. 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 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
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