CHAPTER XIV
AERONAUTICS, INHABITED PLANETS, SECTARIANISM
A great deal of interest is being manifested in your city this
morning (April 25, 1920), over the Aeronautical Show. You
imagine the Flying machines wonderful mechanisms; but in their
present state they will not lift you out of your atmosphere. You
have yet to perfect a real airship.
Your Flying machines are cumbersome and awkward, and they consume
lots of fuel and make a deal of noise. It can hardly be said
they are harmonious with the music of the spheres, but then it is
only a sample of your Earth's development.
You have seen the seagulls soar over the water seemingly without
motion; and yet they go up and down, turning this way and that
without effort. This is the best idea I can give you of our
airships, which really soar. No sound, no discordant vibrations
disturb the quiet of the Martian atmosphere, and the tranquility
of the Mars people.
When you have learned the secret of how to tap the Universal
Reservoir of Cosmic Power, then will you evolve a perfect Flying
machine such as we have. A great deal of interest is also being
centered on an attempt to signal Mars, and your apparatus is not
fine enough to receive our waves.
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