Who could refuse to believe with such testimony before
him? What news this will be to take back to the earth! But you have,
doubtless, other discoveries to relate to us. Excuse me," the doctor
continued, turning to me, "for interrupting, even for a moment, our
friend's most interesting discourse."
"Let me say," resumed Thorwald, "that your interruption has been helpful
to me, for now I know you have lost your doubts and believe with us in
this matter."
"These efforts at communication have occupied us for generations, and the
close study which we have been obliged to give to the surface of the other
planets has made us well acquainted with their characteristics. We have
found many likenesses to our own world, as well as various points of
difference. The succession of the seasons has been an interesting
phenomenon. We have watched with delight the ever-changing rings of our
neighbor, Saturn, and can show you pictures of them as they were thousands
of years ago."
"We have taken great pleasure in observing the round of seasons on the
surface of the earth, not dreaming that we should ever have the privilege
of talking face to face with its inhabitants.
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