The moon hoax : $b or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings — John Locke — John Shaqi
The moon hoax : $b or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings
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Dr. Chalmers, speaking of the advantages derived from the discovery of
the telescope and microscope, says, "The one led me to see a system
in every star. The other leads me to see a world in every atom. The
one taught me that this mighty globe, with the whole burden of its
people, and of its countries, is but a grain of sand on the high field
of immensity. The other teaches me that every grain of sand may harbor
within it the tribes and families of a busy population. The one told
me of the insignificance of the world I tread upon. The other redeems
it from all its insignificance; for it tells me that in the leaves of
every forest, and in the flowers of every garden, and in the waters
of every rivulet, there are worlds teeming with life, and numberless
as are the glories of the firmament. The one has suggested to me that
beyond and above all that is visible to man, there may lie fields
of creation which sweep immeasurably along, and carry the impress of
the Almighty's hand to the remotest scenes of the universe. The other
suggests to me, that within and beneath all that minuteness which the
aided eye of man has been able to explore, there may lie a region of
invisibles; and that, could we draw aside the mysterious curtain which
shrouds it from our senses, we might there see a theatre of as many
wonders as astronomy has unfolded; a universe within the compass of
a point so small, as to elude all the powers of the microscope, but
where the wonder-working God finds room for the exercise of all his
attributes, where he can raise another mechanism of worlds, and fill
and animate them all with the evidences of his glory."
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_Opinions of the American Press Respecting the Foregoing Discovery._