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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
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After
they
had
thus
argued,
the
Empress
began
to
grow
angry
at
their
Telescopes,
that
they
could
give
no
better
Intelligence;
for,
said
she,
now
I
do
plainly
perceive,
that
your
Glasses
are
false
Informers,
and
instead
of
discovering
the
Truth,
delude
your
Senses;
Wherefore
I
Command
you
to
break
them,
and
let
the
Bird-men
trust
onely
to
their
natural
eyes,
and
examine
Cœlestial
Objects
by
the
motions
of
their
own
Sense
and
Reason.
The
Bear-men
replied,
That
it
was
not
the
fault
of
their
Glasses,
which
caused
such
differences
in
their
Opinions,
but
the
sensitive
motions
in
their
Optick
organs
did
not
move
alike,
nor
were
their
rational
judgments
always
regular:
To
which
the
Empress
answered,
That
if
their
Glasses
were
true
Informers,
they
would
rectifie
their
irregular
Sense
and
Reason;
But,
said
she,
Nature
has
made
your
Sense
and
Reason
more
regular
then
Art
has
your
Glasses;
for
they
are
meer
deluders,
and
will
never
lead
you
to
the
knowledg
of
Truth;
Wherefore
I
command
you
again
to
break
them;
for
you
may
observe
the
progressive
motions
of
Cœlestial
Bodies
with
your
natural
eyes
better
then
through
Artificial
Glasses.
The
Bear-men
being
exceedingly
troubled
at
her
Majesties
displeasure
concerning
their
Telescopes,
kneel'd
down,
and
in
the
humblest
manner
petitioned,
that
they
might
not
be
broken;
for,
said
they,
we
take
more
delight
in
Artificial
delusions,
then
in
Natural
truths.
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