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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
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That
is
what
we
now
shall
do.
Our
expressions
are
for
acceptance
only.
Our
data:
We
take
them
from
four
classes
of
phenomena
that
have
preceded
or
accompanied
earthquakes:
Unusual
clouds,
darkness
profound,
luminous
appearances
in
the
sky,
and
falls
of
substances
and
objects
whether
commonly
called
meteoritic
or
not.
Not
one
of
these
occurrences
fits
in
with
principles
of
primitive,
or
primary,
seismology,
and
every
one
of
them
is
a
datum
of
a
quaked
body
passing
close
to
this
earth
or
suspended
over
it.
To
the
primitives
there
is
not
a
reason
in
the
world
why
a
convulsion
of
this
earth's
surface
should
be
accompanied
by
unusual
sights
in
the
sky,
by
darkness,
or
by
the
fall
of
substances
or
objects
from
the
sky.
As
to
phenomena
like
these,
or
storms,
preceding
earthquakes,
the
irreconcilability
is
still
greater.
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