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"
He
then
caused
me
to
describe
how
we
went
about
this
earth
of
ours
,
and
I
described
to
him
our
railways
and
ships
.
For
a
time
he
could
not
understand
that
we
had
had
the
use
of
steam
only
one
hundred
years
,
but
when
he
did
he
was
clearly
amazed
.
(
I
may
mention
as
a
singular
thing
,
that
the
Selenites
use
years
to
count
by
,
just
as
we
do
on
earth
,
though
I
can
make
nothing
of
their
numeral
system
.
That
,
however
,
does
not
matter
,
because
Phi-oo
understands
ours
.
)
From
that
I
went
on
to
tell
him
that
mankind
had
dwelt
in
cities
only
for
nine
or
ten
thousand
years
,
and
that
we
were
still
not
united
in
one
brotherhood
,
but
under
many
different
forms
of
government
.
This
astonished
the
Grand
Lunar
very
much
,
when
it
was
made
clear
to
him
.
At
first
he
thought
we
referred
merely
to
administrative
areas
.
"'
Our
States
and
Empires
are
still
the
rawest
sketches
of
what
order
will
some
day
be
,
'
I
said
,
and
so
I
came
to
tell
him
...
"
[
At
this
point
a
length
of
record
that
probably
represents
thirty
or
forty
words
is
totally
illegible
.
]
"
The
Grand
Lunar
was
greatly
impressed
by
the
folly
of
men
in
clinging
to
the
inconvenience
of
diverse
tongues
.
'
They
want
to
communicate
,
and
yet
not
to
communicate
,
'
he
said
,
and
then
for
a
long
time
he
questioned
me
closely
concerning
war
.
"
He
was
at
first
perplexed
and
incredulous
.
'
You
mean
to
say
,
'
he
asked
,
seeking
confirmation
,
'
that
you
run
about
over
the
surface
of
your
world
--
this
world
,
whose
riches
you
have
scarcely
begun
to
scrape
--
killing
one
another
for
beasts
to
eat
?
'
"
I
told
him
that
was
perfectly
correct
.
"
He
asked
for
particulars
to
assist
his
imagination
.
"'
But
do
not
ships
and
your
poor
little
cities
get
injured
?
'
he
asked
,
and
I
found
the
waste
of
property
and
conveniences
seemed
to
impress
him
almost
as
much
as
the
killing
.
'
Tell
me
more
,
'
said
the
Grand
Lunar
;
'
make
me
see
pictures
.
I
can
not
conceive
these
things
.
'
"
And
so
,
for
a
space
,
though
something
loath
,
I
told
him
the
story
of
earthly
War
.
"
I
told
him
of
the
first
orders
and
ceremonies
of
war
,
of
warnings
and
ultimatums
,
and
the
marshalling
and
marching
of
troops
.
I
gave
him
an
idea
of
manoeuvres
and
positions
and
battle
joined
.
I
told
him
of
sieges
and
assaults
,
of
starvation
and
hardship
in
trenches
,
and
of
sentinels
freezing
in
the
snow
.
I
told
him
of
routs
and
surprises
,
and
desperate
last
stands
and
faint
hopes
,
and
the
pitiless
pursuit
of
fugitives
and
the
dead
upon
the
field
.
I
told
,
too
,
of
the
past
,
of
invasions
and
massacres
,
of
the
Huns
and
Tartars
,
and
the
wars
of
Mahomet
and
the
Caliphs
,
and
of
the
Crusades
.
And
as
I
went
on
,
and
Phi-oo
translated
,
the
Selenites
cooed
and
murmured
in
a
steadily
intensified
emotion
.
