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Excerpt from The Mania of the Nations on the Planet Mars, and Its Terrific Consequences: A Combination of Fun and Wisdom
Professor fansee, moreover, was an expert in astronomy, chemistry and electricity. With a smile of derision he had watched for years the futile efforts on the part of certain scientists to communicate with the planet Mars. Long ago an idea had ripened in his fertile brain that he knew would ultimately lead to the desired end. The highest plateau on earth having been shown to be located at the South Pole, he decided to direct his Zee-rays from this cool and calm promontory. For this purpose he caused an enormous hollow globe to be built of non-conduct ing material, so arranged that the inner chambers would retain an upright position while the ball would be merrily rolling along. By means of powerful storage batteries within this potent structure the ap paratus was made self-propelling. With this roll ing vehicle at his beck and call, he needed no ships to cross the Antarctic ocean, no derricks to hoist his globular observatory to the highest peak; and with out notifying the press, unostentatiously as befits a serious-minded scientist, he arrived one fine morn ing at the highest point of that celestial conveyance which we call the earth.
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