![]() The Earth was sent through a poisons belt of ether that is a "universal agent."-The best parts where the descriptions of how the people went coo-koo when exposed, like Professor Summerly barking like a dog and proving he could do all the barn yard animals. Of course the world laughs at him again, and of course again he is right. Professor Challenger observes changes in the light spectrum through his telescope, and proclaims that the world is about to experience a change larger than the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs (excepting of course their lost world). Just as Huxley used it as a stupefying agent in "Brave New World" Doyle uses it as an agent to bring upon death to the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() There's something about ether.I don't know what it is, but early 20th century British writers were obsessed with it. ![]()
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