The terrible results achieved by the invaders had produced everywhere a mingled feeling of consternation and hopelessness.

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Every kind of substance has its own vibratory rhythm.

The scene in Pennsylvania avenue, when the procession of dignitaries and royalties passed up toward the Capitol, was one never to be forgotten.

We might be deceived in our expectations, and might have overestimated our powers, but at any rate we must take our chances and try.

The idea of the death of the moon was, of course, not a new one to many of us.

"Why, there is the earth!"

Gold is a thing which may make its appearance anywhere and at any time without offering any excuses or explanations.

Fortunately after a time they got under way with sufficient velocity to bring them back to us before the approaching Martians could overtake them.

"I think," said a German enthusiast, "that it will be a universal language, the Volapuk of Mars, spoken by all the inhabitants of that planet."

Now, when we were near at hand and straight above one of these singular lands, the magnificence of the panorama surpassed belief.

"By ——!" cried Colonel Smith, "she's human!"

"She is a prisoner," he said, "and by the Seven Devils of Dona Ana we'll not leave her here. But where are the hellhounds themselves?"

The distance of Mars from us was only about three times its own diameter, consequently it shut off a large part of the sky, as viewed from our position.

"We have done the work," said Mr. Edison, smiling grimly. "Now we had better get out of this before the flood bursts upon us."

Like all the other Martian continents, Thaumasia lay below the level of the sea, except toward the south, where it fronted the ocean.

"Quite right," broke in Colonel Smith; "let the scorpion pull out his sting or we'll do it for him."