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countless generations has been to erase all vestige of connection with
hairy vertebrata�察 �and they have gradually eliminated that debasing
capillary excrement by the law of sexual selection�察 �the Gy´ei naturally
preferring youth or the beauty of smooth faces。 But the degree of the
Frog in the scale of the vertebrata is shown in this�察�that he has no hair at all�察�
not even on his head。 He was born to that hairless perfection which the
most beautiful of the Ana�察 �despite the culture of incalculable ages�察�have
not yet attained。 The wonderful complication and delicacy of a Frog's
nervous system and arterial circulation were shown by this school to be
more susceptible of enjoyment than our inferior�察 �or at least simpler�察�
physical frame allows us to be。 The examination of a Frog's hand�察�if I
may use that expression�察�accounted for its 78keener susceptibility to love�察�
and to social life in general。 In fact�察�gregarious and amatory as are the
Ana�察 �Frogs are still more so。 In short�察 �these two schools raged against
each other�察�one asserting the An to be the perfected type of the Frog�察�the
other that the Frog was the highest development of the An。 The moralists
were divided in opinion with the naturalists�察�but the bulk of them sided
with the Frog´preference school。 They said�察�with much plausibility�察�that
in moral conduct ��viz。�察�in the adherence to rules best adapted to the health
and welfare of the individual and the community�� there could be no doubt
of the vast superiority of the Frog。 All history showed the wholesale
immorality of the human race�察�the complete disregard�察�even by the most
renowned amongst them�察 �of the laws which they acknowledged to be
essential to their own and the general happiness and wellbeing。 But the
severest critic of the Frog race could not detect in their manners a single
aberration from the moral law tacitly recognised by themselves。 And
what�察 �after all�察 �can be the profit of civilisation if superiority in moral
conduct be not the aim for which it strives�察 �and the test by which its
progress should be judged�拭�
;In fine�察 �the adherents of this theory presumed that in some remote
period the Frog race had been the improved development of the Human�察�
but that�察�from some causes which defied rational conjecture�察�they had not
maintained their original position in the scale of nature�察 �while the Ana�察�
though of inferior organisation�察�had�察�by dint less of their virtues than their
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vices�察�such as ferocity and cunning�察�gradually acquired ascendancy�察�much
as among the human race itself tribes utterly barbarous have�察 �by
superiority in similar vices�察 �utterly destroyed or reduced into
insignificance tribes originally excelling them in mental gifts and culture。
Unhappily these disputes became involved with the religious notions of
that age�察 �and as society was then administered under the government of
the Koom´Posh�察�who�察�being the most ignorant�察�were of course 79the most
inflammable class´ the multitude took the whole question out of the hands
of the philosophers�察�political chiefs saw that the Frog dispute�察�so taken up
by the populace�察 �could become a most valuable instrument of their
ambition�察 �and for not less than one thousand years war and massacre
prevailed�察 �during which period the philosophers on both sides were
butchered�察�and the government of Koom´Posh itself was happily brought
to an end by the ascendancy of a family that clearly established its descent
from the aboriginal tadpole�察 �and furnished despotic rulers to the various
nations of the Ana。 These despots finally disappeared�察�at least from our
communities�察�as the discovery of vril led to the tranquil institutions under
which flourish all the races of the Vril´ya。;
;And do no wranglers or philosophers now exist to revive the dispute�察�
or do they all recognise the origin of your race in the tadpole�拭─�
;Nay�察�such disputes�察─�said Zee�察�with a lofty smile�察 �belong to the Pah´
bodh of the dark ages�察�and now only serve for the amusement of infants。
When we know the elements out of which our bodies are composed�察�
elements in common to the humblest vegetable plants�察 �can it signify
whether the All´Wise combined those elements out of one form more than
another�察 �in order to create that in which He has placed the capacity to
receive the idea of Himself�察 �and all the varied grandeurs of intellect to
which that idea gives birth�拭�The An in reality commenced to exist as An
with the donation of that capacity�察 �and�察 �with that capacity�察 �the sense to
acknowledge that�察 �however through the countless ages his race may
improve in wisdom�察 �it can never combine the elements at its command
into the form of a tadpole。;
;You speak well�察 �Zee�察─ �said Aph´Lin�察 �and it is enough for us
shortlived mortals to feel a reasonable assurance that whether the origin of
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the An was a tadpole or not�察 �he is no more likely to become a tadpole
again than the institutions of the Vril´ya are likely to relapse into the
heaving quagmire and certain strife´rot of a Koom´Posh。;
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CHAPTER XVII。
The Vril´ya�察 �being excluded from all sight of the heavenly bodies�察�
and having no other difference between night and day than that which they
deem it convenient to make for themselves�察� do not�察�of course�察�arrive at
their divisions of time by the same process that we do�察�but I found it easy
by the aid of my watch�察�which I luckily had about me�察�to compute their
time with great nicety。 I reserve for a future work on the science and
literature of the Vril´ya�察�should I live to complete it�察�all details as to the
manner in which they arrive at their rotation of time�察�and content myself
here with saying�察 �that in point of duration�察 �their year differs very
slightly from ours�察�but that the divisions of their year are by no means
the same。 Their day�察。�including what we call night�� consists of twenty
hours of our time�察 �instead of twenty´four�察 �and of course their year
comprises the correspondent increase in the number of days by which it
is summed up。 They subdivide the twenty hours of their day thus´
eight hours��* called the ;Silent Hours�察─ �for repose�察 �eight hours�察 �called
the ;Earnest Time�察─ �for the pursuits and occupations of life�察 �and four
hours called the ;Easy Time; ��w