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I WAS occupied in my library writing a treatise on the conditions of life in other worlds revolving around other suns, and receiving from them light and life, when, raising my eyes to the chimney-piece, I was struck by the expression, I might almost say, of animation, on the countenance of my dear Uranie. It was the same gracious and animated expression that formerly -- Ah! how rapidly the Earth revolves, and how quickly a quarter of a century passes! -- that formerly -- and it seems to me as if it were but yesterday -- that formerly, in those youthful days so swiftly flown, had captivated my thoughts and inflamed my heart. I could not help letting my gaze dwell upon her even now. She was, in truth, as beautiful as then, and my feelings had not changed. She attracted me as the flame attracts the moth. I rose from the table to approach her, and observe anew the singular effect of the light upon her changing countenance, and, held by the spell, remained standing before her, forgetful of my work.Her gaze seemed to pierce into distance, yet it was animated, and seemed fixed upon some object. On what? On whom? I had a curious conviction that she could really see, and, following the direction of her glance, steadfast and solemn, although not severe, my eyes fell upon the portrait of Spero, hanging on the wall between two book-cases.Uranie's gaze was fixed steadfastly upon him. Suddenly the portrait fell with a crash to the ground, its frame breaking into pieces with the fall.I rushed forward. The picture lay before me on the carpet, the mild face of Spero looking up at me. As I raised it I saw on the ground a large sheet of paper, discolored with age, and covered on both sides with written characters in Spero's handwriting. How was it that I had never observed this paper before? True, it might easily have remained there unobserved, concealed from view by the paste-board at the back of the portrait. Indeed, when I had brought the picture with me from Christiania, it had not occurred to me to notice how it was framed. But who could have had the strange idea of placing the sheet of paper there? It was with extreme surprise that I recognized my friend's handwriting, and read those two pages. According to all appearance, they had been written on the last day of the terrestrial existence of the young scientist -- the day of his ascent toward the region of the Aurora Borealis -- and, doubtless, the father of Iclea had, for greater security, placed these, the last supreme thoughts of Spero, in the frame with his likeness. He had forgotten to tell me of this when he gave me the portrait of my friend, at the time of my pilgrimage to the tomb of the lovers.Be this as it may, I experienced a vivid emotion as, placing the picture carefully upon the table, I examined each trait of that beloved countenance. How well I remembered those eyes, so mild and yet so piercing, with their mysterious depths, that broad and serene brow, that delicate yet slightly sensual mouth, the transparent coloring of face, neck and hands. No matter where I placed the portrait, its gaze seemed to follow me, but without quitting Uranie. It was a singular fancy of the painter! I could not help thinking of the eyes of the goddess, which seemed to rest with a tender melancholy on her young adorer. As the shades of twilight darken a serene day, so did a divine sorrow seem to cloud that noble countenance.But I remembered at last the mysterious sheet of paper. The writing upon it was neat and precise, without any erasure. I transcribe it here as it was, without altering a single word or even a comma, for it seems to form the natural conclusion to the events which it has been the purpose of this book to narrate.This is the legacy left to science by a soul that even here on earth sought without ceasing to disengage itself from the bonds of matter, and who aspires to be freed from them.I desire to leave behind me in the form of aphorisms, the result of my researches. I believe we can only arrive at a knowledge of the truth through the study of Nature, that is to say, through science. Here then are what seem to me to be the natural deductions founded on this method of observation.This quantity has been sub-divided into a thousand equal parts, and infusoria so small, are known to exist, that their bodies placed on a glass slide between two of these atoms do not touch them; the limbs and organs of these beings are composed of cells, those of molecules, those of atoms. Twenty cubic centimetres of oil spread over the surface of a lake will cover a space of xxxx square yards, so that the coating of oil thus spread measures no more than the two hundredth of a millimetre in thickness. Spectrum analysis reveals the presence in a flame of a millionth of a millegram of sodium. The waves of light are composed between 4 and 8 ten-thousandth of a millimetre of violet to red. xxxx waves of light occupy only the space of a millimetre. In the duration of a second the ether which transmits light, performs seven hundred thousand thousand millions of vibrations, each one of which can be mathematically defined. The sense of smell perceives 604,000,000 of a milligram of mercaptan in the air we breathe. The dimension of an atom must be less than a millionth of a millimetre in diameter.Atoms, intangible, invisible, scarcely conceivable by our minds accustomed to judge by appearances, constitute the only real matter, and that which we call matter is only the effect produced upon our senses by the movements of atoms, that is to say, an incessant possibility of sensations.It results from this, that matter, like the manifestations of force, is only a mode of motion; if motion were arrested, if force could be annihilated, if the temperature of bodies were reduced to an absolute zero, matter, as we perceive it by our senses, would cease to exist.There is only one species of primitive atoms; the constituent molecules of different bodies, -- iron, gold, oxygen, hydrogen, differ only in naming and in the grouping and the action of the atoms which compose them.The existence of the soul as an individual entity on the earth, is of recent date. Our planet was first nebulous, then a globe of fire, then chaos; at that time no terrestrial being existed. Life commenced with the most rudimentary organism; it has taken centuries to reach its present state, which is not to be its final one. Intelligence, reason, conscience, what we call the faculties of the soul, are of modern date. Spirit has gradually, liberated itself from matter as -- if the comparison be not too material -- gas liberates itself from coal, the perfume from the flower, the flame from the fire.Psychic force began to assert itself thirty or forty centuries back: in the superior spheres of terrestrial being its action is as yet in its dawn.Souls, whether or not they be conscious of their individuality, are, by their very nature, removed from the conditions of time and space. After the death of the body, as during life, they occupy no space. It may be that they go to inhabit other worlds.The planetary and sidereal systems which constitute the universe are in different grades of organization and progress. The extent of their diversity is infinite; the inhabitants of a world are always in harmony with their environment.All the worlds are not at present inhabited. The present epoch is of no more importance than the epochs which precede, or than those which are to follow it. Such and such worlds were inhabited in the past, myriads of years ago; such and such others will be inhabited in the future during myriads of ages yet to come. One day nothing will remain of the Earth, and its very ruins will be destroyed.Terrestrial life is not the type of life on other globes. Infinite diversity reigns throughout the universe. There are abodes where gravity is intense, where light is unknown, where the sense of touch, of smell, of hearing, are the only senses, and where the optic nerve not being formed, all the beings are blind. There are others where gravity is scarcely sensible, and where beings are so light and so tenuous that they would be invisible to terrestrial eyes, where senses of an exquisite delicacy reveal to privileged spirits, sensations unknown to terrestrial humanity.The space existing between the worlds scattered throughout the universe, does not isolate them from one another. They are all in perpetual communication with each other through the force of attraction which is constantly exerted through space.The system of the physical world is the material basis, the habitat of the system of the moral or physical world. Astronomy, therefore, should be the basis of every religious or philosophical creed.Man makes his own destiny. He elevates himself, or he lowers himself by his works. Those who are attached to material interests, those who are ambitious, misers, hypocrites, liars, the sons of Tartufe, dwell, with the perverse, in the inferior zones.P.S. -- The preceding episodes, the researches recorded, and the reflections accompanying them are here brought together in a sort of Essay, to serve as beacons in the solution of the greatest of the problems which can interest the human mind. It is as such that the present work is presented to the attention of those who, as Dante says, occasionally pause "midway in the path of life," to ask themselves what they are, what are their aims, their thoughts, their dreams.
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Alton Brown Live
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Saturday
2/15/xxxx
8:00 PM
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ACL Live At The Moody Theater
Austin, TX
Wednesday
1/29/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland (formerly The Midland By AMC)
Kansas City, MO
Friday
1/31/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Fabulous Fox Theatre - Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Saturday
2/1/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Pikes Peak Center
Colorado Springs, CO
Tuesday
2/4/xxxx
TBD
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Union Colony Civic Center
Greeley, CO
Wednesday
2/5/xxxx
7:00 PM
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State Theatre - MN
Minneapolis, MN
Friday
2/7/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Oriental Theatre - Ford Center for the Performing Arts - IL
Chicago, IL
Saturday
2/8/xxxx
3:00 PM
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Oriental Theatre - Ford Center for the Performing Arts - IL
Chicago, IL
Saturday
2/8/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Performing Arts Center at KSU Tuscarawas
New Philadelphia, OH
Sunday
2/9/xxxx
TBD
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Grand Opera House - DE
Wilmington, DE
Wednesday
2/12/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Proctors Theatre
Schenectady, NY
Thursday
2/13/xxxx
TBD
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Mortensen Hall - Bushnell Theatre
Hartford, CT
Friday
2/14/xxxx
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The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
Worcester, MA
Saturday
2/15/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Crouse Hinds Theater - Mulroy Civic Center At Oncenter
Syracuse, NY
Sunday
2/16/xxxx
7:00 PM
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State Theatre - NJ
New Brunswick, NJ
Tuesday
2/18/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Pullo Family Performing Arts Center
York, PA
Wednesday
2/19/xxxx
TBD
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Providence Performing Arts Center
Providence, RI
Friday
2/21/xxxx
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Lyric Opera House - MD
Baltimore, MD
Saturday
2/22/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Benedum Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
2/23/xxxx
TBD
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Belk Theatre at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Charlotte, NC
Monday
2/24/xxxx
7:30 PM
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North Charleston Performing Arts Center
North Charleston, SC
Tuesday
2/25/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Durham Performing Arts Center
Durham, NC
Thursday
2/27/xxxx
7:30 PM
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Fabulous Fox Theatre - Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Friday
2/28/xxxx
8:00 PM
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Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Sarasota, FL
Sunday
3/2/xxxx
TBD
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