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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
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The
crux
here,
and
the
limit
beyond
which
we
may
not
go--very
much--is:
Acceptance
that
there
is
a
region
that
we
call
the
Super-Sargasso
Sea--not
yet
fully
accepted,
but
a
provisional
position
that
has
received
a
great
deal
of
support--
But
is
it
a
part
of
this
earth,
and
does
it
revolve
with
and
over
this
earth--
Or
does
it
flatly
overlie
this
earth,
not
revolving
with
and
over
this
earth--
That
this
earth
does
not
revolve,
and
is
not
round,
or
roundish,
at
all,
but
is
continuous
with
the
rest
of
its
system,
so
that,
if
one
could
break
away
from
the
traditions
of
the
geographers,
one
might
walk
and
walk,
and
come
to
Mars,
and
then
find
Mars
continuous
with
Jupiter?
I
suppose
some
day
such
queries
will
sound
absurd--the
thing
will
be
so
obvious--
Because
it
is
very
difficult
for
me
to
conceive
of
little
metallic
objects
hanging
precisely
over
a
small
town
in
Russia,
for
four
months,
if
revolving,
unattached,
with
a
revolving
earth--
It
may
be
that
something
aimed
at
that
town,
and
then
later
took
another
shot.
These
are
speculations
that
seem
to
me
to
be
evil
relatively
to
these
early
years
in
the
twentieth
century--
Just
now,
I
accept
that
this
earth
is--not
round,
of
course:
that
is
very
old-fashioned--but
roundish,
or,
at
least,
that
it
has
what
is
called
form
of
its
own,
and
does
revolve
upon
its
axis,
and
in
an
orbit
around
the
sun.
I
only
accept
these
old
traditional
notions--
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