tailieunhanh - A Columbus of Space

am a hero worshiper; an insatiable devourer of biographies; and I say that no man in all the splendid list ever equaled Edmund Stonewall. You smile because you have never heard his name, for, until now, his biography has not been written. And this is not truly a biography; it is only the story of the crowning event in Stonewall's career. Really it humbles one's pride of race to see how ignorant the world is of its true heroes. Many a man who cuts a great figure in history is, after all, a poor specimen of humanity, slavishly following old ruts, destitute of any real originality, and remarkable. | feedboo is A Columbus of Space Serviss Garrett Putman Published 1909 Categorie s Fiction Action Adventure Science Fiction Source http 1 Also available on Feedbooks for Serviss Edison s Conquest of Mars 1898 The Moon Metal 1900 Copyright This work is available for countries where copyright is Life 70 and in the USA. Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Chapter 1 A Marvelous Invention I am a hero worshiper an insatiable devourer of biographies and I say that no man in all the splendid list ever equaled Edmund Stonewall. You smile because you have never heard his name for until now his biography has not been written. And this is not truly a biography it is only the story of the crowning event in Stonewall s career. Really it humbles one s pride of race to see how ignorant the world is of its true heroes. Many a man who cuts a great figure in history is after all a poor specimen of humanity slavishly following old ruts destitute of any real originality and remarkable only for some exaggeration of the commonplace. But in the case of Edmund Stonewall the world cannot be blamed for its ignorance because as I have already said his story remains to be written and hitherto it has been guarded as a profound secret. I do not wish to exaggerate yet I cannot avoid seeming to do so in simply telling the facts. If Stonewall s proceedings had become Matter of common knowledge the world would have been I must speak plainly revolutionized. He held in his hands the means of realizing the wildest dreams of power wealth and human mastery over the forces of nature that any enthusiast ever treasured in his prophetic soul. It was a part of his originality that he never entertained the thought of employing his advantage in any such way. His character was entirely free from the ordinary forms of avidity. He cared nothing for wealth in itself and as little for fame. All