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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

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