Another World - Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah by Benjamin Lumley
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Creator.
My harp was my constant companion. I was a great harpist; and when gratitude for some new light choked my utterance, I made the harp speak in accents and in language[1] that gave fresh inspiration to my soul. [Footnote 1: Musical sounds in Montalluyah have a meaning as easily understood as spoken words. Our harp is different to yours, and will be described hereafter.] II. VYORA. "The humble and the proud are equally subject to the decrees of Heaven; and often one is raised and the other brought low." The system of education which I early inaugurated soon gave to my hand men of wondrous intelligence, fervid and eloquent emissaries, having at heart the success of my doctrines. These men, themselves convinced, and earnest to convince others, I sent in all directions to prepare the people, and to discover genius and |
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