“Yet, knowing what we do about the structure of the atom, of electronic
activity, of quantels, we must admit that there is a huge, unoccupied
space--that is, we can't see that it is occupied--in and between the
interstices of the atom.
“It is in the region, mingled and intertwined with the electrons which
make up the world we know so well, that--in my opinion--the Thomahlian
world exists. It is actually coexistent with our own. It is here, and
so are we. At this very instant, at any given spot, there can be,
and almost certainly is, more than one solid object--two systems of
materiality, two systems of life, two systems of death. And if two, why,
then, perhaps there are even more!
“Holcomb is right. We are Infinity. Only our five senses make us
finite.”
Charlotte Fenton does not indulge in speculation. She seems to bear up
wonderfully well in the face of Harry Wendel's affinity for the
Nervina, and also in the face of her brother's disappearance. And she
philosophically states:
“When Columbus returned from his search for the East Indies, he
triumphantly announced that he had found what he sought.
“He was mistaken. He had found something else--America.
“It may be that we are all mistaken. It may be that something entirely
different from what any one has suspected has been found. Time will
tell. I am willing to wait.”
To make it complete, it is felt that the following statement of General
Hume is not only essential, but convincing to the last degree.
“My view regarding this mystery is simply this: I have eyes, and I
have seen. I don't know whether the actors were living or dead. I am
no scientist; I have no theory. I only know. And I will swear to what I
saw.
“I am a soldier. The two men who are bringing this to press have shown
me their copy.
“It is correct.”
End of Project Gutenberg's The Blind Spot, by Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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