The Absolute at Large"In this satirical classic, a brilliant scientist invents the Karburator, a reactor that can create abundant and practically free energy. However, the Karburator’s superefficient energy production also yields a powerful by-product. The machine works by completely annihilating matter and in so doing releases the Absolute, the spiritual essence held within all matter, into the world. Infected by the heady, pure Absolute, the world’s population becomes consumed with religious and national fervor, the effects of which ultimately cause a devastating global war."--Publisher's description. |
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Page 103
Capekkarel. A CHAPTER XIII THE CHRONICLER'S APOLOGY ND now permit the chronicler of the Absolute to call your attention to his painful situation . First of all , he is in the act of writing Chapter XIII , well aware that this unlucky ...
Capekkarel. A CHAPTER XIII THE CHRONICLER'S APOLOGY ND now permit the chronicler of the Absolute to call your attention to his painful situation . First of all , he is in the act of writing Chapter XIII , well aware that this unlucky ...
Page 105
... chronicler . How gladly he would journey with you after each new Karburator , see it loaded on the wagon , and offer a bit of hay or bread or a ... chronicler admits that he is incapable of writing a history . The Chronicler's Apology 105.
... chronicler . How gladly he would journey with you after each new Karburator , see it loaded on the wagon , and offer a bit of hay or bread or a ... chronicler admits that he is incapable of writing a history . The Chronicler's Apology 105.
Page 106
... chronicler sees only the individual cases and even finds them pleasing in themselves . Now suppose that he had to describe and explain , say , pragmatically , progressively , theoretically , and synthetically , the " religious wave ...
... chronicler sees only the individual cases and even finds them pleasing in themselves . Now suppose that he had to describe and explain , say , pragmatically , progressively , theoretically , and synthetically , the " religious wave ...
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