Eureka
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Newberry, Samuel Henderson) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Eureka: A Prose Poem, a New Theory, the Solution of the Riddle of the Universe Which Solves the Riddle of Life In writing this preface, it is proper for me to let those who may happen to read this little book, know how it was written, or, in other words, the idea of its inception - which, in fact, was an inspiration, and will be a revelation to the world; and written, too, inside of one month - as the stream of thought poured through my mind - day and night, awake or sleeping - until finished. When my dear son, Edmund, was on his death bed, again and again I heard him cry out at the top of his voice, "I have discovered Electricity!" then looking at me for an answer, when, instantaneously, I replied: "Yes, and it is the Motive Power of the Universe." This thought had never entered my mind before, but it stuck, and I could never get it out; it took possession of me, and forced me, as Heine says, into the arena, to fight for it; which I have done to the best of my ability; and I now send it to the world, to run the gauntlet of criticism now going on between Materialism and Spiritualism - the two warring religions of man; while I must be content to sit in the shadows, without hope of ever knowing the world´s verdict. I am aware of the perilous path it has to run - always between the two armies, with a galling fire from each side; the shrapnel of scorn and ridicule can never blacken the cheek of a never-dying truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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