And as the day advanced and the engine drivers and stokers refused to return to London, the pressure of the flight drove the people in an ever-thickening multitude away from the stations and along the northward-running roads. By midday a Martian had been seen at…
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„What can I do for you?“ she inquired softly, for she was moved by the sad voice in which the man spoke. „Get an oil-can and oil my joints,“ he answered. „They are rusted so badly that I cannot move them at all; if I…
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
read more →Image Credit. When the amphitheater had cleared I crept stealthily to the top and as the great excavation lay far from the plaza and in an untenanted portion of the great dead city I had little trouble in reaching the hills beyond. For two days…
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The boat was now all but jammed between two vast black bulks, leaving a narrow Dardanelles between their long lengths. But by desperate endeavor we at last shot into a temporary opening; then giving way rapidly, and at the same time earnestly watching for another…
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