Life in a Thousand Worlds

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are countless other orbs scattered through the solar system and throughout the vast stretches of the starry heaven

a group of worlds. So, for the lack of a better phrase, we shall say that there are millions of sol

? Could it be possible that they are nothing more than vast pieces of dead machinery, barren

glorious form of man with all his superior endowments. The air, earth and water are teeming with their billions of sensiti

other worlds, larger or smaller than our own, are barren of all life, and that f

once repulsive to our instincts; anyone wishing to accept it may do so, but as for me and for a larg

nite stages of development. Physically speaking, one cannot imagine the countless variety of ways in

undred pounds or more of flesh and bone, formed erect, and capable of rendering service upon a moment's notice. Therefore some of us are conceited enough to believe that

f many worlds are beneath us, yet there are many more planets whereon human genius has surp

iverse, of which the Milky Way is the backbone, I estimate that if we multiply the number of stars by forty-nine, we

or ten. The average, as above stated, is estimated at forty-nine. Then, also, far out in the depths of space, there are nebulous spots visible only through the most

in one second, he could proceed in one direction, at this rate of speed, for twenty million year

, which is the same as saying, between solar system and solar system. In our Milky Way the stars seem to be crushed together into a whitish jelly, but the

give rise to interesting questions, such as communicating with Mars, and perhaps of taking a journey to the Moon. These suggestions, while fanciful, awaken our interest and excite our curiosity. Can any one predict the exci

of journeying to other worlds, seeing the types of human creatures living ther

undary line of our own universe. I cannot even tell a tithe of what I saw and heard, but must content myself wit

world and see the various forms of human life, and t

gs, any more than I can explain by what process I was preserved alive in worlds of fire, in worlds of ice, and in worlds without air. But the sight of al

ment, and at times a deep yearning possessed me to spee

inued during many revolutions of the Earth on its axis. I felt as Columbus must have felt when he was moving over strange waters. Then occurred the most notable e