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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
94
No,
answered
the
Spirits,
but,
for
the
most
part,
Conquerers
seldom
enjoy
their
conquest,
for
they
being
more
feared
then
loved,
most
commonly
come
to
an
untimely
end.
If
you
will
but
direct
me,
said
the
Duchess
to
the
Spirits,
which
World
is
easiest
to
be
conquered,
her
Majesty
will
assist
me
with
Means,
and
I
will
trust
to
Fate
and
Fortune;
for
I
had
rather
die
in
the
adventure
of
noble
atchievements,
then
live
in
obscure
and
sluggish
security;
since
the
by
one,
I
may
live
in
a
glorious
Fame;
and
by
the
other
I
am
buried
in
oblivion.
The
Spirits
answered,
That
the
lives
of
Fame
were
like
other
lives;
for
some
lasted
long,
and
some
died
soon.
'Tis
true,
said
the
Duchess;
but
yet
the
shortest-liv'd
Fame
lasts
longer
then
the
longest
life
of
Man.
But,
replied
the
Spirits,
if
occasion
does
not
serve
you,
you
must
content
your
self
to
live
without
such
atchievements
that
may
gain
you
a
Fame:
But
we
wonder,
proceeded
the
Spirits,
that
you
desire
to
be
Empress
of
a
Terrestrial
World,
when
as
you
can
create
your
self
a
Cœlestial
World
if
you
please.
What,
said
the
Empress,
can
any
Mortal
be
a
Creator?
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