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It must be remembered, the time of which I write was the autumn of 1829, and we of the "outside" surface of the earth knew nothing then, so to speak, of electricity. The electrically surcharged condition of the air was a constant vitalizer. IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THE TIME OF WHICH I WRITE WAS THE AUTUMN OF EIGHTEEN TWENTY NINE AND WE OF THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH KNEW NOTHING THEN SO TO SPEAK OF ELECTRICITY THE ELECTRICALLY CHARGED CONDITION OF THE AIR WAS A CONSTANT VITALIZER
 wonderful. In the meantime we had lost sight of the sun's rays, but we found a radiance "within" emanating from the dull-red sun which had already attracted our attention, now giving out a white light seemingly from a cloud-bank far away in front of us. It dispensed a greater light, I should say, than two full moons on the clearest night. In twelve hours this cloud of whiteness would pass out of sight as if eclipsed, and the twelve hours following corresponded with our night. We early learned that these strange people were worshipers of this great cloud of night. It was "The Smoky God" of the "Inner World." The ship was equipped with a mode of illumination which I now presume was electricity, but neither my father nor myself were sufficiently skilled in mechanics to understand whence came the power to operate the ship, or to maintain the soft beautiful lights that answered the same purpose of our present methods of lighting the streets of our cities, our houses and places of business. RE IN AMERICA IT WAS WONDERFUL IN THE MEANTIME WE HAD LOST SIGHT OF THE SUN'S RAYS BUT WE FOUND A RADIANCE WITHIN EMANATING FROM THE DULL RED SUN WHICH HAD ALREADY ATTRACTED OUR ATTENTION NOW GIVING OUT A WHITE LIGHT SEEMINGLY FROM A CLOUD BANK FAR AWAY IN FRONT OF US IT DISPENSED A GREATER LIGHT I SHOULD SAY THAN TWO FULL MOONS ON THE CLEAREST NIGHT IN TWELVE HOURS THIS CLOUD OF WHITENESS WOULD PASS OUT OF SIGHT AS IF ECLIPSED AND THE TWELVE HOURS FOLLOWING CORRESPONDED WITH OUR NIGHT WE EARLY LEARNED THAT THESE STRANGE PEOPLE WERE WORSHIPPERS OF THIS GREAT CLOUD OF NIGHT IT WAS THE SMOKY GOD OF THE INNER WORLD THE SHIP WAS EQUIPPED WITH A MODE OF ILLUMINATION WHICH I NOW PRESUME WAS ELECTRICITY BUT NEITHER MY FATHER NOR MYSELF WERE SUFFICIENTLY SKILLED IN MECHANICS TO UNDERSTAND WHENCE CAME THE POWER TO OPERATE THE SHIP OR TO MAINTAIN THE SOFT BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS THAT ANSWERED THE SAME PURPOSE OF OUR PRESENT METHODS OF LIGHTING THE STREETS OF OUR CITIES OUR HOUSES AND PLACES OF BUSINESS
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