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hroughout the dwellings and public buildings of Mizora?" th
ter come
answere
, I would feel as though I could not be surprised at any marvelous thing that they should claim to do, but I was really not prepared to believe that they could set the r
and then, with their ingenious chemical s
nded of Science the discovery of a fuel that could be consumed without loss to them, both in the matter consumed and in the expense of procuring it. Nothing seemed to answer their purpose so admirably as water.
if at all practicable, situated near a river, or other body of w
most universally used by the people of Mizora, was electricity. The gases formed at the opposite pole
ignited carbon. The heat produced was intense beyond description, and in the hands of less experienced and capable chemists, would have proved destructful to life and property. The hardest rock would melt in its embrace; yet, in the hands of these wonderful students of Nature, it was under perfect control and had been converted into o
eir method, I could see no resemblance to that in use in my own world. In winter, every house in Mizora had an atmosphere throug
twenty rooms of liberal size and an immense conservatory, was heated entir
lways seen heated air supplied, it came through numerous small apertures in the walls of a room quite
every dwelling. The same pipes that supplied the dwelling rooms with warmth, suppli
ng hours. No one was permitted to enter until the carbon had been absorbed. They had an instrument resembling a thermometer which gave the exact condition of the atmosphere. They were used in every house, as well as in the conservatories. The people of Mizora were consta
it that I had ever tasted in my own country, yet it by no means compared with their season grow
or fresh vegetables, with a few fruit trees in it, would be poor indeed. Where a number of families had united in purchasing extensive gro
vance of all business and social duties that no ill-feeling or jealousy could arise from a combination of c
uld be thoroughly comprehended, the universality of luxuries need not be wondered at.
was largely due to the ingenious application of machinery to all kinds of physical labor. When the cost of producing luxuries decreases, the value of the l
h the Preceptress upon t
stes and sentiments that form the influence about them. They maintain a decided individuality; yet they are most always noticeably m
the grooves they were born in. They belonged to every nationality, and had palaces b
have never before alluded to intellect so elevated as to comma
liated at having alluded to them. "Some of them have
they?" she inq
iots; human
he poor among you, struggle and suffer for mental advancement. How deplorably short-sighted are the wise ones of yo
e do with them
ignificantly. "Do you carefully tend them, while drouth and frost a
too comprehensive of all that was vicious and inhuman, to apply to a person who should dare to assail the expens
then she resumed her discourse at the point
demand for hand labor gives rise to an increasing demand for brain labor, and the natural and inevitable result is an increased mental activity. The di
rinking water was brought to their large cities in a form that did not greatly differ from those I was already familiar with, excepting in cleanliness. Their reservoirs were dug in the ground and lined with glass, and a perfectly fitting cover placed on the top. Th
try for pure water and fresh air. Science