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The Planet Mars

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           Atthispsychologicalmomententer,asbythehandofFate,theplanetMarsandtheUniversity.Thislatter,fromhavingbeenforyearsahumbleBaptistcollegeofthecheapestcharacter,hadsuddenly,throughthebeneficenceofagreatStandardOilmultimillionaire,flaredupwardintoagreatuniversity,andwascausingastirthroughoutthelengthandbreadthoftheeducationalworld.

           Itwasalreadyamostnoteworthyspectacle,oneofthesightsofthecity.Millionswerebeingpouredintoit;newandbeautifulbuildingswerealmostmonthlyerected.Abrilliant,dynamicmanhadbeencalledfromtheEastaspresident.Therewerestillmanythingsneededdormitories,laboratoriesofonekindandanother,agreatlibrary;and,lastbutnotleast,agianttelescopeonethatwouldsweeptheheavenswithahithertounparalleledreceptiveeye,andwringfromitsecretsnotpreviouslydecipherablebytheeyeandthemindofman.

           Cowperwoodhadalwaysbeeninterestedintheheavensandinthegiantmathematicalandphysicalmethodsofinterpretingthem.Itsohappenedthatthewar-likeplanet,withitssinisteraspect,wasjustatthistimetobeseenhanginginthewest,afieryred;andtheeasilyarousedpublicmindwasbeingstirredtoitsshallowdepthbyreflectionsandspeculationsregardingthefamouscanalsoftheluminary.

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