"The lesson was not forgotten, and the experience, which appears laughable
now, has been of great benefit to us at different times since. But the
broadening of our minds and the general improvement in our character have
long ago placed us beyond the danger of a recurrence of such events.
Compared to our present state those were the days of our infancy."
As Zenith closed I told her I had enjoyed her story, and that I hoped the
earth would not require such a lesson.
"I trust not," said Zenith.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
BUSINESS ETHICS.
The next day the doctor and I took the first opportunity to tell Thorwald
that we were anxious to have him proceed with his narrative.
"Yes," he said, "I shall be glad to do so, for I had not reached the
important part when our sitting broke up yesterday.
"I was describing to you a remarkable era in our career, and one of you
mentioned the fact that the present condition of your race corresponded in
some particulars with that age on Mars. If you shall discover further
points of likeness as I continue, it will add a peculiar interest to my
story.
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