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among the Vril´ya is thus�察�as a whole�察�immeasurably more felicitous than 

that    of  super´terrestrial     races�察   �and�察  �realising    the   dreams     of  our    most 

sanguine      philanthropists�察     �almost    approaches       to  a  poet's   conception      of 

some angelical order。          And yet�察�if you would take a thousand of the best 

and most philosophical of human beings you could find in London�察�Paris�察�

Berlin�察  �New   York�察  �or   even   Boston�察  �and   place   them   as   citizens   in   the 

beatified   community�察  �my   belief   is�察  �that   in   less   than   a   year   they   would 

either   die   of   ennui�察  �or   attempt   some   revolution       by   which   they   would 

militate against the good of the community�察�and be burnt into cinders at 

the request of the Tur。 

     Certainly   I   have   no   desire   to   insinuate�察  �through   the   medium   of   this 

narrative�察  �any   ignorant   disparagement   of   the   race   to   which   I   belong。        I 

have�察  �on   the   contrary�察  �endeavoured   to   make   it   clear   that   the   principles 

which   regulate   the   social   system   of   the   Vril´ya   forbid   them   to   produce 

those individual examples of human greatness which adorn the annals of 

the upper world。         Where there are no wars there can be no Hannibal�察�no 

Washington�察�no Jackson�察�no Sheridan�察� where states are so happy that they 

fear    no   danger     and    desire    no   change�察    �they    cannot    give    birth   to   a 

Demosthenes�察�a Webster�察 �a Sumner�察�a Wendell Holmes�察�or   a Butler�察  �and 

where   a   society   attains   to   a   moral   standard�察  �146in   which   there   are   no 

crimes and no sorrows from which tragedy can extract its aliment of pity 

and   sorrow�察  �no   salient   vices   or   follies   on   which   comedy   can   lavish   its 

mirthful   satire�察  �it   has   lost   the   chance   of   producing   a   Shakespeare�察  �or   a 

Moliere�察�or a Mrs。         Beecher´Stowe。          But if I have no desire to disparage 

my   fellow´men   above   ground   in   showing   how   much   the   motives   that 

impel the energies and ambition of individuals in a society of contest and 



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struggle´ become dormant or annulled in a society which aims at securing 

for the aggregate the calm and innocent felicity which we presume to be 

the lot of beatified immortals�察�neither�察�on the other hand�察�have I the wish 

to represent the commonwealths of the Vril´ya as an ideal form of political 

society�察  �to   the   attainment   of   which   our   own   efforts   of   reform  should   be 

directed。     On the contrary�察�it is because we have so combined�察�throughout 

the series   of   ages�察  �the   elements   which   compose   human   character�察 �that   it 

would      be  utterly   impossible      for  us   to  adopt   the   modes     of  life�察 �or  to 

reconcile our passions to the modes of thought among the Vril´ya�察� that I 

arrived at the conviction that this people´ though originally not only of our 

human   race�察  �but�察  �as   seems   to   me   clear   by   the   roots   of   their   language�察�

descended from the same ancestors as the Great Aryan family�察�from which 

in varied streams has flowed the dominant civilisation of the world�察�and 

having�察�according to their myths and their history�察�passed through phases 

of   society   familiar   to   ourselves�察�   had   yet   now   developed   into   a   distinct 

species   with   which   it   was   impossible   that   any   community   in   the   upper 

world could amalgamate�此�and that if they ever emerged from these nether 

recesses     into   the   light   of   day�察  �they    would�察   �according      to  their   own 

traditional   persuasions   of   their   ultimate   destiny�察  �destroy   and   replace   our 

existent varieties of man。 

     It   may�察  �indeed�察  �be   said�察  �since   more   than   one   Gy   could   be   found   to 

conceive a partiality for so ordinary a type of our super´terrestrial race as 

myself�察�that even if the Vril´ya did 147appear above ground�察�we might be 

saved     from    extermination       by   intermixture      of   race。    But    this   is  too 

sanguine   a   belief。     Instances   of   such   'mesalliance'   would   be   as   rare   as 

those   of   intermarriage   between   the Anglo´Saxon   emigrants   and   the   Red 

Indians。      Nor     would     time    be   allowed     for  the   operation     of   familiar 

intercourse。      The Vril´ya�察�on emerging�察�induced by the charm of a sunlit 

heaven to form their settlements above ground�察�would commence at once 

the work of destruction�察�seize upon the territories already cultivated�察�and 

clear   off�察  �without   scruple�察  �all   the   inhabitants   who   resisted   that   invasion。 

And     considering      their  contempt      for  the   institutions    of  Koom´Posh        or 

Popular       Government�察       �and    the    pugnacious       valour     of   my     beloved 

countrymen�察�I believe that if the Vril´ya first appeared in free America´ as�察�



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being the choicest portion of the habitable earth�察�they would doubtless be 

induced to do´ and said�察 �This quarter of the globe we take�察�Citizens of a 

Koom´Posh�察�make way for the development of species in the Vril´ya�察─�my 

brave compatriots would show fight�察�and not a soul of them would be left 

in this life�察�to rally round the Stars and Stripes�察�at the end of a week。 

     I now saw but little of Zee�察�save at meals�察�when the family assembled�察�

and she was then reserved and silent。             My apprehensions of danger from 

an affection I had so little encouraged or deserved�察�therefore�察�now faded 

away�察�but my dejection continued to increase。                I pined for escape to the 

upper world�察�but I racked my brains in vain for any means to effect it。                    I 

was never permitted to wander forth alone�察�so that I could not even visit 

the spot on which I had alighted�察�and see if it were possible to reascend to 

the mine。      Nor even in the Silent Hours�察�when the household was locked 

in sleep�察�could I have let myself down from the lofty floor in which my 

apartment was   placed。        I knew   not how to command   the automata   who 

stood   mockingly   at   my   beck   beside   the   wall�察  �nor   could   I   ascertain   the 

springs   by   which   were   set   in   movement   the   platforms   that   supplied   the 

place    of   stairs。   The     knowledge      how     148to    avail   myself    of   these 

contrivances had been purposely withheld from me。                  Oh�察�that I could but 

have learned the use of wings�察�so freely here at the service of every infant�察�

then   I   might   have   escaped   from   the   casement�察  �regained   the   rocks�察  �and 

buoyed myself aloft through the chasm of which the perpendicular sides 

forbade place for human footing� �



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                         CHAPTER XXVII。 



       One day�察�as I sat alone and brooding in my chamber�察�Taee flew in at 

the   open   window   and   alighted   on   the   couch   beside   me。       I   was   always 

pleased with the visits of a child�察�in whose society�察�if humbled�察�I was less 

eclipsed     than   in  that  of   Ana   who    had    completed     their   education    and 

matured   their   understanding。         And   as   I   was   permitted   to   wander   forth 

with him for my companion�察�and as I longed to revisit the spot in which I 

had descended into the nether world�察�I hastened to ask him if he were at 

leisure for a stroll beyond the streets of the city。           His countenance seemed 

to me graver than usual as he replied�察 �I came hither on purpose to invite 

you forth。; 

     We   soon   found   ourselves   in   the   street�察  �and   had   not   got   far   from  the 

house when we encountered five or six young Gy´ei�察�who were returning 

from the fields with baskets full of flowers�察�and chanting a song in chorus 

as   they   walked。     A  young   Gy   sings   more   often   than   she   talks。      They 

stopped on seeing us�察�accosting Taee with familiar kindness�察�and me with 

the   courteous     gallantry   which     distinguishes   the    Gy´ei   in   their   manner 

towards our weaker sex。 

     And   here   I   may   observe   that�察  �though   a   virgin   Gy   is   so   frank   in   her 

courtship to the individual she favours�察�there is nothing that approaches to 

that general breadth and loudness of manner which those young ladies of 

the Anglo´Saxon   race�察  �to   whom   the   149distinguished   epithet   of   'fast'   is 

accorded�察�exhibit towards young gentlemen whom they do not profess to 

love。    No�察  �the   bearing   of   the   Gy´ei   towards   males   in   ordinary   is   very 

much   that   of   high´bred   men   in   the   gallant   societies   of   the   upper   world 

towards      ladies    whom       they    respect    but    do   not    woo�察    �deferential�察�

complimentary�察�exquisitely polished´ what we should call 'chivalrous。' 

     Certainly I was a little put out by the number of civil things addressed 

to   my  'amour   propre��'   which   were   said   to   me   by  those   courteous   young 

Gy´ei。     In   the   world   I   came   from�察  �a   man   would   have   thought   himself 

aggrieved�察�treated with irony�察�'chaffed' ��if so vulgar a slang word may be 

allowed   on   the   authority   of   the   popular   novelists   who   use   it   so   freely���察�

when one fair Gy complimented me on the freshness of my complexion�察�



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another on the choice of colours in my dress�察�a third�察�with a sly smile�察�on 

the conquests I had made at Aph´Lin's entertainment。                But I knew already 

that all such language was what the French call 'banal��' and did but express 

in the female mouth�察�below earth�察�that sort of desire to pass for amiable 

with the opposite sex which�察�above earth�察�arbitrary custom and hereditary 

transmission demonstrate by the mouth of the male。                  And just as a high´ 

bred young lady�察�above earth�察�habituated to such compliments�察�feels that 

she    cannot�察   �without    impropriety�察    �return    them�察  �nor   evince    any    great 

satisfaction at receiving them�察�so I who had learned polite manners at the 

house   of   so   wealthy   and   dignified   a   Minister   of   that   nation�察  �could   but 

smile   and   try   to   look   pretty   in   bashfully   disclaiming   the   compliments 

showered 

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