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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies
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Fulgence Marion
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It
deserves
a
place
in
the
history
of
human
enterprise--if
for
nothing
else--because
of
the
daring
courage
which
it
has
in
so
many
cases
brought
to
light.
From
the
days
of
Roziers
down
to
those
of
Coxwell,
our
aeronauts
have
fearlessly
tempted
dangers
not
less
terrible
than
those
which
face
the
soldier
as
he
enters
the
imminent
deadly
breach;
and,
as
one
of
the
chapters
in
this
volume
mournfully
proves,
not
a
few
of
their
number
have
paid
the
penalty
of
their
rash
courage
with
their
lives.
All
the
more
is
it
to
be
regretted
that
so
little
practical
good
has
resulted
from
their
labours
and
their
sacrifices;
and
that
so
many
of
those
who
have
perished
in
balloon
voyages
have
done
so
whilst
serving
to
better
end
than
the
amusement
of
a
holiday
crowd.
There
is,
however,
another
aspect
which
makes
at
least
the
earlier
history
of
the
balloon
well
worth
preserving.
This
is
the
influence
which
the
invention
had
upon
the
generation
which
witnessed
it.
As
these
pages
show,
the
people
of
Europe
seem
to
have
been
absolutely
intoxicated
by
the
success
of
the
Montgolfiers’
discovery.
There
is
something
bitterly
suggestive
in
our
knowledge
of
this
fact.
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