large/10730/mummy_miss_nitocris_1803_librivox_64kb_mp3/mummymissnitocris_05_griffith_64kb_59
large/10730/mummy_miss_nitocris_1803_librivox_64kb_mp3/mummymissnitocris_05_griffith_64kb
English
10730
What if he were to prove  as, of course, he could do now that this mysterious hand, outstretched through the mists of the far past, had led him across the horizon which divides the two states of Existence  that, under certain circumstances, they would also make three or five? WHAT IF HE WOULD PROVE AS OF COURSE HE COULD DO NOW THAT THE MYSTERIOUS HAND OUTSTRETCHED THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE FAR PAST HAD LED HIM CROSS THE HORIZON WHICH DIVIDES THE TWO STATES OF EXISTENCE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THEY COULD ALSO MAKE THREE OR FIVE
ry conditions of time and space and break with impunity all the laws which govern the physical universe, he would simply make himself the centre of a vortex of frenzied disputation which would shake the social, religious, and scientific worlds to their foundations, and that would certainly not be a pleasant position for an eminent and respected scientist, who was already a certain number of years past middle age--to say nothing of the very real harm that might be done. Of course, he could settle all the disputes instantly, and dazzle the whole world into the bargain by simply delivering a lecture, say, before the Royal Society, on the existence of a world of four dimensions, and then proving by ocular demonstration that it does exist; but what would happen then? Simply intellectual anarchy. Every belief that man had held for ages would be negatived. For instance, if there is one dogma to which humanity has clung with unanimous consistency, it is to the dogma that two and two make four. OF THE ORDINARY CONDITIONS OF TIME AND SPACE AND BREAK WITH IMPUNITY ALL THE LAWS WHICH GOVERNED THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE HE WOULD SIMPLY MAKE HIMSELF THE CENTRE OF A VORTEX OF FRENZIED DISPUTATION WHICH WOULD SHAKE THE SOCIAL RELIGIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC WORLDS TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE A PLEASANT POSITION FOR AN EMINENT AND RESPECTED SCIENTIST WHO WAS ALREADY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS PAST MIDDLE AGE TO SAY NOTHING OF THE VERY REAL HARM THAT MIGHT BE DONE OF COURSE HE COULD SETTLE ALL DISPUTES INSTANTLY AND DAZZLE THE WHOLE WORLD INTO THE BARGAIN BY SIMPLY DELIVERING A LECTURE SAVE BEFORE THE ROYAL SOCIETY ON THE EXISTENCE OF THE WORLD OF FOUR DIMENSIONS AND THEN PROVING BY OCULENT DEMONSTRATION THAT IT DOES EXIST BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN SIMPLE INTELLECTUAL ANARCHY EVERY BELIEF THAT MAN HAD HELD FOR AGES WOULD BE NEGATED FOR INSTANCE IF THERE WERE ONE DOGMA TO WHICH HUMANITY HAS CLUNG WITH WITH UNANIMOUS CONSISTENCY IT IS TO THE DOGMA THAT TWO AND TWO MAKE FOUR
large/10730/mummy_miss_nitocris_1803_librivox_64kb_mp3/mummymissnitocris_05_griffith_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/10730/mummy_miss_nitocris_1803_librivox_64kb_mp3/mummymissnitocris_05_griffith_64kb.flac