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constituent quality of the All´Wise and the All´Good。                Injustice�察�they say�察�

can only emanate from three causes�此�want of wisdom to perceive what is 

just�察 �want   of   benevolence   to   desire�察 �want   of power   to   fulfill   it�察  �and   that 

each of these three wants is incompatible in the All´Wise�察�the 57All´Good�察�

the    All´Powerful。      But    that�察 �while   even    in  this  life�察 �the  wisdom�察   �the 

benevolence�察      �and    the   power    of   the  Supreme      Being     are  sufficiently 

apparent to compel our recognition�察�the justice necessarily resulting from 

those attributes�察�absolutely requires another life�察�not for man only�察�but for 

every living thing of the inferior orders。          That�察�alike in the animal and the 

vegetable world�察�we see one individual rendered�察�by circumstances beyond 

its   control�察  �exceedingly   wretched   compared   to   its   neighbours´   one   only 

exists   as   the   prey   of   another´   even   a   plant   suffers   from   disease   till   it 

perishes prematurely�察�while the plant next to it rejoices in its vitality and 

lives out its happy life free from a pang。            That it is an erroneous analogy 

from  human   infirmities   to   reply  by  saying   that   the   Supreme   Being   only 

acts by general laws�察�thereby making his own secondary causes so potent 

as to mar the essential kindness of the First Cause�察�and a still meaner and 

more     ignorant     conception     of  the   All´Good�察    �to   dismiss    with   a  brief 

contempt all consideration of justice for the myriad forms into which He 

has infused life�察�and assume that justice is only due to the single product 



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of the An。       There is no small and no great in the eyes of the divine Life´ 

Giver。     But once grant that nothing�察�however humble�察�which feels that it 

lives and suffers�察�can perish through the series of ages�察�that all its suffering 

here�察�if continuous from the moment of its birth to that of its transfer to 

another form of being�察�would be more brief compared with eternity than 

the cry of the new´born is compared to the whole life of a man�察�and once 

suppose       that  this   living    thing   retains    its  sense    of  identity    when     so 

transformed ��for without that sense it could be aware of no future being���察�

and though�察�indeed�察 �the fulfilment of   divine justice is   removed from  the 

scope   of   our   ken�察  �yet   we   have   a   right   to   assume   it   to   be   uniform   and 

universal�察�and not varying and partial�察�as it would be if acting only upon 

general      and    secondary      laws�察   �because     such    perfect    justice    flows    of 

necessity from perfectness of knowledge to conceive�察�perfectness of love 

to will�察�and perfectness of power to complete it。 58 However fantastic this 

belief   of   the   Vril´ya   may   be�察  �it   tends   perhaps   to   confirm   politically   the 

systems of government which�察�admitting different degrees of wealth�察�yet 

establishes perfect equality in rank�察�exquisite mildness in all relations and 

intercourse�察  �and   tenderness   to   all   created   things   which   the   good   of   the 

community does not require them to destroy。                   And though their notion of 

compensation to a tortured insect or a cankered flower may seem to some 

of us a very wild crotchet�察�yet�察�at least�察�is not a mischievous one�察�and it 

may   furnish   matter   for   no   unpleasing   reflection   to   think   that   within   the 

abysses of earth�察�never lit by a ray from the material heavens�察�there should 

have penetrated so luminous a conviction of the ineffable goodness of the 

Creator´ so fixed an idea that the general laws by which He acts cannot 

admit      of   any     partial    injustice    or    evil�察  �and    therefore      cannot     be 

comprehended          without     reference     to   their   action    over    all  space    and 

throughout all time。         And since�察�as I shall have occasion to observe later�察�

the   intellectual   conditions   and   social   systems   of   this   subterranean   race 

comprise   and   harmonise   great�察  �and   apparently   antagonistic�察  �varieties   in 

philosophical doctrine and speculation which have from time to time been 

started�察  �discussed�察  �dismissed�察  �and   have   re´appeared   amongst   thinkers   or 

dreamers   in   the   upper   world�察�   so   I   may   perhaps   appropriately   conclude 

this   reference   to   the   belief   of   the Vril´ya�察  �that   self´conscious   or   sentient 



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life once given is indestructible among inferior creatures as well as in man�察�

by   an   eloquent   passage   from   the   work   of   that   eminent   zoologist�察  �Louis 

Agassiz�察    �which     I  have   only   just   met   with�察  �many     years   after   I  had 

committed to   paper   these   recollections of   the life   of the Vril´ya   which   I 

now   reduce   into   something   like   arrangement   and   form�此   �The   relations 

which individual animals bear to one another are of such a character that 

they  ought   long   ago   to  have   been   considered   as sufficient   proof   that   no 

organised      being   could    ever   have   been   called   into   existence    by   other 

agency     than   59by    the   direct  intervention     of  a  reflective   mind。    This 

argues strongly in favour of the existence in every animal of an immaterial 

principle similar to that which by its excellence and superior endowments 

places man so much above the animals�察�yet the principle unquestionably 

exists�察�and whether it be called sense�察�reason�察�or instinct�察�it presents in the 

whole   range   of   organised   beings   a   series   of   phenomena   closely   linked 

together�察�and upon it are based not only the higher manifestations of the 

mind�察    �but   the   very    permanence       of   the   specific    differences    which 

characterise   every   organism。        Most   of   the   arguments   in   favour   of   the 

immortality of man apply equally to the permanency of this principle in 

other living beings。       May I not add that a future life in which man would 

be deprived of that great source of enjoyment and intellectual and moral 

improvement which results from the contemplation of the harmonies of an 

organic world would involve a lamentable loss�拭�And may we not look to a 

spiritual concert of the combined worlds and ALL their inhabitants in the 

presence of their Creator as the highest conception of paradise�拭─� 'Essay 

on Classification��' sect。      xvii。    p。   97´99。 



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                              CHAPTER XV。 



       Kind to me as I found all in this household�察�the young daughter of my 

host   was   the   most   considerate   and   thoughtful   in   her   kindness。      At   her 

suggestion I laid aside the habiliments in which I had descended from the 

upper earth�察�and adopted the dress of the Vril´ya�察�with the exception of the 

artful wings which served them�察�when on foot�察�as a graceful mantle。                      But 

as   many   of   the   Vril´ya�察  �when   occupied   in   urban   pursuits�察  �did   not   wear 

these wings�察�this exception created no marked difference between myself 

and the race among whom I sojourned�察�and I was thus enabled to visit the 

town   without   exciting   unpleasant   60curiosity。         Out   of   the   household   no 

one   suspected      that  I  had   come    from   the   upper    world�察   �and   I  was   but 

regarded      as  one   of  some    inferior   and   barbarous     tribe   whom   Aph´Lin 

entertained as a guest。 

     The city was large in proportion to the territory round it�察�which was of 

no greater extent than many an English or Hungarian nobleman's estate�察�

but the whole if it�察�to the verge of the rocks which constituted its boundary�察�

was   cultivated   to   the   nicest   degree�察  �except   where   certain   allotments   of 

mountain   and   pasture   were   humanely   left   free   to   the   sustenance   of   the 

harmless animals they had tamed�察�though not for domestic use。                      So great 

is their kindness towards   these humbler creatures�察 �that a sum  is   devoted 

from the public treasury for the purpose of deporting them to other Vril´ya 

communities   willing   to   receive   them   ��chiefly   new   colonies���察  �whenever 

they become too numerous for the pastures allotted to them in their native 

place。     They   do   not�察  �however�察  �multiply   to   an   extent   comparable   to   the 

ratio at which�察�with us�察�animals bred for slaughter�察�increase。                   It seems a 

law   of   nature   that   animals   not   useful   to   man   gradually   recede   from   the 

domains he occupies�察�or even become extinct。                  It is an old custom of the 

various     sovereign      states   amidst    which     the   race   of   the   Vril´ya    are 

distributed�察�to leave between each state a neutral and uncultivated border´ 

land。    In   the   instance   of   the   community   I   speak   of�察  �this   tract�察  �being   a 

ridge of savage rocks�察�was impassable by foot�察�but was easily surmounted�察�

whether by the wings of the inhabitants or the air´boats�察�of which I shall 

speak hereafter。       Roads through it were also cut for the transit of vehicles 



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impelled      by  vril。   These     intercommunicating         tracts  were    always    kept 

lighted�察�and the expense thereof defrayed by a special tax�察�to which all the 

communities comprehended in the denomination of Vril´ya contribute in 

settled   proportions。      By   these   means   a   considerable   commercial   traffic 

with   other   states�察  �both   near   and   distant�察  �was   carried   on。   The   surplus 

wealth      on   this   special    community       was     chiefly    agricultural。     The 

61community         was    also   eminent     for  skill  in   constructing     implements 

connected with the arts of husbandry。             In exchange for such merchandise 

it obtained articles more of luxury than necessity。              There were few things 

imported on which they set a higher price than birds taught to pipe artful 

tunes   in   concert。    These   were   brought   from   a   great   distance�察  �and   were 

marvellous       for   beauty     of   song    and    plumage。       I    understand      that 

extraordinary care was taken by their breeders and teachers in selection�察�

and 

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