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Philosophers have written books on the "coincidence" in appearance of the ancient Devil and the modern decadent Plutonians. PHILOSOPHERS HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS ON THE COINCIDENCE IN APPEARANCE OF THE ANCIENT DEVIL AND THE MODERN DECADENT PLUTONIANS
on stalactites which cut off Olear's larger view, and voices came from below. By craning his neck the officer could look between the pendent icicles of rock and see a fire burning on a huge oblong block of stone. Figures were sitting on the floor around this block--hundreds of Mercurians. The leaping flames made their white and green faces and bodies look frog-like and less human than usual. * * * * * But the figure that dominated the whole assemblage, both by its own hugeness and the magnetic power that flowed from it, was not of Mercury but of Pluto. For the benefit of those who have never seen a stuffed Plutonian in our museums--and they are very rare--let me refer you to the pious books still to be found in ancient library collections. The ancients personified their fears and hates in a being they called the Devil. The resemblance between the Devil of their imagination and a Plutonian is really astounding. Horns, hoofs, tail--almost to the smallest detail, the resemblance is there. CAVERN LIGHTS GLISTENED ON STALE TITES WHICH CUT OFF EARLIER'S LARGER VIEW AND VOICES CAME FROM BELOW BY CRANING HIS NECK THE OFFICER COULD LOOK BETWEEN THE PENDENT ICICLES OF ROCK AND SEE A FIRE BURNING ON A HUGE OBLONG BLOCK OF STONE FIGURES WERE SITTING ON THE FLOOR ROUND THIS BLOCK HUNDREDS OF MERCURIANS THE LEAFING FLAMES MADE THEIR WHITE AND GREEN FACES AND BODIES LOOK FROG LIKE AND LESS HUMAN THAN USUAL BUT THE FIGURE THAT DOMINATED THE WHOLE ASSEMBLAGE BOTH BY ITS OWN HUGENESS AND THE MAGNETIC POWER THAT FLOWED FROM IT WAS NOT OF A MERCURY BUT OF PLUTO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN A STUFFED PLUTONIAN IN OUR MUSEUMS AND THEY ARE VERY RARE LET ME REFER YOU TO THE PIOUS BOOKS STILL TO BE FOUND IN ANCIENT LIBRARY COLLECTIONS THE ANCIENTS PERSONIFIED THEIR FEARS AND HATES IN A BEING THEY CALLED THE DEVIL THE RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN THE DEVIL OF THEIR IMAGINATION AND A PLUTONIAN IS REALLY ASTOUNDING HORNS HOOFS TAIL ALMOST TO THE SMALLEST DETAIL THEIR RESEMBLANCE IS THERE
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