The Manatitlans: or, A record of recent scientific explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A.Smile, R. Elton
Science
The Manatitlans: or, A record of recent scientific explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A.
Smile, R. Elton
Science fiction, American
It is impossible for me to find adequate words suited for the
expression of the relief afforded from the light that dawned upon my
perception through the vista opened for the realization of Creative
intention! Dull, indeed, must be the faculties of a person unable to
realize, upon the moment, the certain effect that would result from
cultivating the germ of goodness for the control of instinctive
animality. In deference to the Manatitlans’ loving perspicacity, which
has enabled them almost innately to discover the impression of design in
cultivating from infancy the germ of goodness, my body seemed to shrink
with shame from its distended growth of fungus, emblematical of
stupidity, under the influence of their imparted intelligence. But with
a knowledge of cause my efforts for relief were attended with an
instinctive oppression from animality, so apparent in its selfishness,
that with my utmost effort I could only obtain partial relief, with the
resolve of affording, at most, an imperfect example for the benefit of
future generations. Under the presaged reality of the Heracleans’
affectionate and enduring sympathy, my hereditary infidelity, begot from
the adverse fatuity of sectarian delusions, faded like the Pampa mists
before the brightness and genial warmth of the morning sun. Now that the
Manatitlan system of education has revived my hopes, I look forward with
trustful desire that my life may be prolonged to witness the full
inauguration of self-legislation, for time and eternity, in freedom from
the proxied impositions of instinctive priestcraft, and politic
statesmen.
With regard to the search you wished to have me make for relic
information: I have succeeded in unearthing collateral evidence which
proves beyond a doubt that many galleys from the interior waters of the
eastern continent, connecting through the Mediterranean Sea with the
Atlantic Ocean, reached the shores of the La Plata estuary before the
advent of our Christian era. At different dates during the last two
centuries rumors have been rife attesting to the existence of a walled
city inhabited by a white race, situated in an Andean valley that gives
rise to the river Vermejo, or its tributary source. The reports, at
different periods, caused the Jesuits to make several attempts to
negotiate a favorable disposition on the part of the Indians to impart
knowledge in verification; but all their overtures were treated with an
evasive skill that involved the question of its real existence in
greater mystery. Their missionary attempts to penetrate the country of
the wild hordes, beyond the river chacas, were opposed with determined
and successful hostility. The community of Pompolio has been an
acknowledged fact for centuries. The ancestors of your Kyronese were the
reputed founders of Mendoza, from which they were driven by the mongrel
progenitors of the present inhabitants.
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