Hasisadra's Adventure by Thomas Henry Huxley
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Hasisadra's Adventure by Thomas Henry Huxley This is Essay #7 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition" Some thousands of years ago there was a city in Mesopotamia called Surippak. One night a strange dream came to a dweller therein, whose name, if rightly reported, was Hasisadra. The dream foretold the speedy coming of a great flood; and it warned Hasisadra to lose no time in building a ship, in which, when notice was given, he, his family and friends, with their domestic animals and a collection of wild creatures and seed of plants of the land, might take refuge and be rescued from destruction. Hasisadra awoke, and at once acted upon the warning. A strong decked ship was built, and her sides were paid, inside and out, with the mineral pitch, or bitumen, with which the country abounded; the vessel's seaworthiness was tested, the cargo was stowed away, and a trusty pilot or steersman appointed. The promised signal arrived. Wife and friends embarked; Hasisadra, following, prudently "shut the door," or, as we |
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