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inattentive listener to the talk of my companion。 

     Along our way various operations of agriculture were being carried on 

by machinery�察�the forms of which were new to me�察�and for the most part 

very graceful�察�for among these people art being so cultivated for the sake 

of mere utility�察�exhibits itself in adorning or refining the shapes of useful 

objects。     Precious metals and gems are so profuse among them�察�that they 

are lavished on things devoted to purposes the most 92commonplace�察�and 

their   love   of   utility   leads   them   to   beautify   its   tools�察  �and   quickens   their 

imagination in a way unknown to themselves。 

     In   all   service�察  �whether   in   or   out   of   doors�察  �they   make   great   use   of 

automaton figures�察�which are so ingenious�察�and so pliant to the operations 

of   vril�察 �that  they   actually    seem    gifted   with   reason。    It  was    scarcely 

possible     to   distinguish    the   figures    I  beheld�察   �apparently     guiding    or 

superintending the   rapid   movements   of   vast   engines�察 �from  human   forms 

endowed with thought。 

     By degrees�察�as we continued to walk on�察�my attention became roused 

by the   lively and   acute remarks   of my  companion。             The intelligence   of 

the children among this race is marvellously precocious�察�perhaps from the 

habit    of  having    intrusted    to  them�察  �at  so   early   an  age�察  �the  toils  and 

responsibilities of middle age。          Indeed�察�in conversing with Taee�察�I felt as 

if   talking   with   some   superior   and   observant   man   of   my   own   years。     I 

asked him  if   he   could   form  any  estimate   of   the   number   of   communities 

into which the race of the Vril´ya is subdivided。 

     ;Not exactly�察─�he said�察 �because they multiply�察�of course�察�every year as 

the surplus of each community is drafted off。               But I heard my father say 

that�察  �according     to  the  last  report��there    were    a  million    and   a  half  of 

communities   speaking   our   language�察  �and   adopting   our   institutions   and 

forms of life and government�察�but�察�I believe�察�with some differences�察�about 



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which you had better ask Zee。            She knows more than most of the Ana do。 

An An cares less for things that do not concern him than a Gy does�察�the 

Gy´ei are inquisitive creatures。; 

     ;Does each community restrict itself to the same number of families or 

amount of population that you do�拭─�

     ;No�察�some have much smaller populations�察�some have larger´ varying 

according to the extent of the country they appropriate�察�or to the degree of 

excellence to which they have brought their machinery。                  Each community 

sets its own limit according to circumstances�察�taking care always that there 

shall 93never arise any class of poor by the pressure of population upon 

the productive powers of the domain�察�and that no state shall be too large 

for   a  government       resembling     that   of  a  single   well´ordered      family。    I 

imagine that no vril community exceeds thirty´thousand households。                       But�察�

as   a   general   rule�察  �the   smaller   the   community�察  �provided   there   be   hands 

enough to do justice to the capacities of the territory it occupies�察�the richer 

each    individual     is�察 �and  the   larger   the  sum    contributed     to  the  general 

treasury�察�    above     all�察 �the  happier    and   the   more    tranquil   is  the   whole 

political body�察�and the more perfect the products of its industry。                The state 

which all tribes of the Vril´ya acknowledge to be the highest in civilisation�察�

and which has brought the vril force to its fullest development�察�is perhaps 

the smallest。      It limits itself to four thousand families�察�but every inch of 

its   territory   is   cultivated   to   the   utmost   perfection   of   garden   ground�察  �its 

machinery excels that of every other tribe�察�and there is no product of its 

industry in any department which is not sought for�察�at extraordinary prices�察�

by   each   community   of   our   race。       All   our   tribes   make   this   state   their 

model�察 �considering   that   we  should   reach   the  highest   state  of   civilisation 

allowed to mortals if we could unite the greatest degree of happiness with 

the   highest   degree   of   intellectual   achievement�察  �and   it   is   clear   that   the 

smaller the society the less difficult that will be。           Ours is too large for it。; 

     This reply set me thinking。           I reminded myself of that little state of 

Athens�察�with only twenty thousand free citizens�察�and which to this day our 

mightiest      nations    regard     as  the    supreme     guide     and    model     in  all 

departments   of   intellect。      But   then   Athens   permitted   fierce   rivalry   and 

perpetual change�察�and was certainly not happy。                Rousing myself from the 



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reverie into   which   these reflections   had   plunged   me�察�I   brought   back our 

talk to the subjects connected with emigration。 

     ;But�察─�said I�察 �when�察�I suppose yearly�察�a certain number among 94you 

agree   to   quit   home   and   found   a   new   community   elsewhere�察  �they   must 

necessarily be very few�察�and scarcely sufficient�察�even with the help of the 

machines they take with them�察�to clear the ground�察�and build towns�察�and 

form   a   civilised   state   with   the   comforts   and   luxuries   in   which   they   had 

been reared。; 

     ;You      mistake。      All    the   tribes   of   the    Vril´ya    are   in   constant 

communication with each other�察�and settle amongst themselves each year 

what     proportion     of  one    community       will  unite   with   the   emigrants     of 

another�察    �so   as  to  form    a   state  of   sufficient   size�察  �and   the   place   for 

emigration is agreed upon at least a year before�察�and pioneers sent from 

each state to level rocks�察�and embank waters�察�and construct houses�察�so that 

when the emigrants at last go�察�they find a city already made�察�and a country 

around   it   at   least   partially   cleared。 Our   hardy   life   as   children   make   us 

take cheerfully to travel and adventure。             I mean to emigrate myself when 

of age。; 

     ;Do     the   emigrants     always    select   places    hitherto    uninhabited     and 

barren�拭─�

     ;As yet generally�察�because it is our rule never to destroy except when 

necessary to our well´being。           Of course�察�we cannot settle in lands already 

occupied by the Vril´ya�察�and if we take the cultivated lands of the other 

races     of   Ana�察    �we    must    utterly    destroy     the   previous     inhabitants。 

Sometimes�察  �as   it   is�察  �we   take   waste   spots�察  �and   find   that   a   troublesome�察�

quarrelsome race of Ana�察�especially if under the administration of Koom´ 

Posh or Glek´Nas�察�resents our vicinity�察�and picks a quarrel with us�察�then�察�

of course�察�as menacing our welfare�察�we destroy it�此�there is no coming to 

terms of peace with a race so idiotic that it is always changing the form of 

government         which     represents      it。    Koom´Posh�察─         �said    the    child�察�

emphatically�察 �is bad enough�察�still it has brains�察�though at the back of its 

head�察�and is not without a heart�察�but in Glek´Nas the brain and heart of the 

creatures disappear�察�and they become all jaws�察�claws�察�and belly。; 

     95;You   express   yourself   strongly。         Allow   me   to   inform   you   that   I 



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myself�察�and I am proud to say it�察�am the citizen of a Koom´Posh。; 

     ;I   no   longer�察─  �answered   Taee�察   �wonder   to   see   you   here   so   far   from 

your home。        What was the condition of your native community before it 

became a Koom´Posh�拭─�

     ;A   settlement   of   emigrants´   like   those   settlements   which   your   tribe 

sends forth´ but so far unlike your settlements�察�that it was dependent on 

the state from which it came。           It shook off that yoke�察�and�察�crowned with 

eternal glory�察�became a Koom´Posh。; 

     ;Eternal glory�       �How long has the Koom´Posh lasted�拭─�

     ;About 100 years。; 

     ;The length of an An's life´ a very young community。                    In much less 

than another 100 years your Koom´Posh will be a Glek´Nas。; 

     ;Nay�察�the oldest states in the world I come from�察�have such faith in its 

duration�察�that they are all gradually shaping their institutions so as to melt 

into ours�察�and their most thoughtful politicians say that�察�whether they like 

it   or   not�察  �the   inevitable   tendency   of   these   old   states   is   towards   Koom´ 

Posh´erie。; 

     ;The old states�拭─�

     ;Yes�察�the old states。; 

     ;With populations very small in   proportion to the area of productive 

land�拭─�

     ;On   the   contrary�察  �with   populations   very   large   in   proportion   to   that 

area。; 

     ;I see� �old states indeed� � so old as to become drivelling if they don't 

pack off that surplus population as we do ours´ very old states� � very�察�very 

old�    �Pray�察�Tish�察�do you think it wise for very old men to try to turn head´ 

over´heels   as   very   young   children   do�拭     �And   if   you   ask   them   why   they 

attempted   such   antics�察  �should   you   not   laugh   if   they   answered   that   by 

imitating   very   young   children   they   could   become   very   young   children 

themselves�拭      �Ancient history abounds with instances of this sort a great 

many  thousand   years   ago´   and   in   every  instance   a   very  96old   state   that 

played at Koom´Posh soon tumbled into Glek´Nas。                    Then�察�in horror of its 

own self�察�it cried out for a master�察�as an old man in his dotage cries out for 

a nurse�察�and after a succession of masters or nurses�察�more or less long�察�that 



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very   old   state   died   out   of   history。 A  very   old   state   attempting   Koom´ 

Posh´erie is like a very old man who pulls down the house to which he has 

been accustomed�察�but he has so exhausted his vigour in pulling down�察�that 

all he can do in the way of rebuilding is to run up a crazy hut�察�in which 

himself   and   his   successors   whine   out�察  �'How   the   wind   blows�     �How   the 

walls shake��'; 

     ;My dear Taee�察�I make all excuse for your unenlightened prejudices�察�

which every s

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