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Belgium
distinguished
herself
among
the
second-rate
states
by
a
grant
of
513,000
francs
--
about
two
centimes
per
head
of
her
population
.
Holland
and
her
colonies
interested
themselves
to
the
extent
of
110,000
florins
,
only
demanding
an
allowance
of
five
per
cent
.
discount
for
paying
ready
money
.
Denmark
,
a
little
contracted
in
territory
,
gave
nevertheless
9,000
ducats
,
proving
her
love
for
scientific
experiments
.
The
Germanic
Confederation
pledged
itself
to
34,285
florins
.
It
was
impossible
to
ask
for
more
;
besides
,
they
would
not
have
given
it
.
Though
very
much
crippled
,
Italy
found
200,000
lire
in
the
pockets
of
her
people
.
If
she
had
had
Venetia
she
would
have
done
better
;
but
she
had
not
.
The
States
of
the
Church
thought
that
they
could
not
send
less
than
7,040
Roman
crowns
;
and
Portugal
carried
her
devotion
to
science
as
far
as
30,000
cruzados
.
It
was
the
widow
's
mite
--
eighty-six
piastres
;
but
self-constituted
empires
are
always
rather
short
of
money
.
Two
hundred
and
fifty-seven
francs
,
this
was
the
modest
contribution
of
Switzerland
to
the
American
work
.
One
must
freely
admit
that
she
did
not
see
the
practical
side
of
the
matter
.
It
did
not
seem
to
her
that
the
mere
despatch
of
a
shot
to
the
moon
could
possibly
establish
any
relation
of
affairs
with
her
;
and
it
did
not
seem
prudent
to
her
to
embark
her
capital
in
so
hazardous
an
enterprise
.
After
all
,
perhaps
she
was
right
.
As
to
Spain
,
she
could
not
scrape
together
more
than
110
reals
.
She
gave
as
an
excuse
that
she
had
her
railways
to
finish
.
The
truth
is
,
that
science
is
not
favorably
regarded
in
that
country
,
it
is
still
in
a
backward
state
;
and
moreover
,
certain
Spaniards
,
not
by
any
means
the
least
educated
,
did
not
form
a
correct
estimate
of
the
bulk
of
the
projectile
compared
with
that
of
the
moon
.
They
feared
that
it
would
disturb
the
established
order
of
things
.
In
that
case
it
were
better
to
keep
aloof
;
which
they
did
to
the
tune
of
some
reals
.
There
remained
but
England
;
and
we
know
the
contemptuous
antipathy
with
which
she
received
Barbicane
's
proposition
.
The
English
have
but
one
soul
for
the
whole
twenty-six
millions
of
inhabitants
which
Great
Britain
contains
.
They
hinted
that
the
enterprise
of
the
Gun
Club
was
contrary
to
the
"
principle
of
non-intervention
.
"
And
they
did
not
subscribe
a
single
farthing
.
