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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery
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Captain Adam Seaborn
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CHAPTER
XII.
Wonderful
faculties
of
the
Symzonians.--Translation
of
my
books
into
their
language.--Proposition
of
a
Wise
man
to
make
slaves
of
the
Author
and
his
people.--The
Author's
remonstrance.--The
Wise
man
disgraced.
The
extraordinary
strength
and
vigour
of
the
faculties
of
this
people
enabled
them
to
effect,
in
a
short
time,
what
would
occupy
the
most
intelligent
of
the
externals
for
years.
I
can
convey
an
idea
of
them
only,
by
calling
to
the
recollection
of
the
reader
the
talent
at
computation
manifested
by
Zera
Colburn,
who,
at
the
age
of
10
years,
calculated
the
sum
of
any
given
number
of
figures
in
the
twinkling
of
an
eye,
as
though
he
arrived
at
the
result
by
intuition.
The
faculties
of
the
Symzonians
all
seemed
to
be
nearly
perfect.
They
are
obviously
as
much
superior
to
ours,
as
Colburn's
powers,
of
calculation
were
greater
than
those
of
other
untaught
boys;
which,
no
doubt,
results
from
their
strict
conformity
to
the
law
of
their
nature.
With
such
powers
of
mind,
it
need
not
be
matter
of
surprise
that
all
my
books
were
very
soon
translated
into
their
language,
and
numerous
copies
of
them
printed,
and
distributed
amongst
the
most
learned
and
discreet,
with
instructions
to
report
as
to
their
fitness
for
general
circulation.
This
examination
and
report
brought
me
into
serious
difficulty.
A
certain
Wise
man
presented
a
memorial
to
the
Best
Man,
in
council,
in
which
he
attempted
to
prove,
from
the
books
which
I
had
put
into
his
hands,
my
large
size,
dingy
complexion,
carnivorous
appetite,
and
my
own
account
of
the
sensual
habits
and
propensities
of
my
race,
that
we
were
actually
the
offspring
of
the
wicked
who
had
been
expelled
from
Symzonia
for
their
vices,
and
that
we
ought
to
be
subjected
to
the
penalty
denounced
by
their
laws
in
such
cases.
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