A man from the moon
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Place of publication: London
Collation: 16, [2] p. ; 19 cm.
Notes: From the library of Dr Moncure Conway. Advertisements for patent food and tonic wines on unnumbered pages at the end. Unidentified author. Tentative date of publication from British Library catalogue.
An account in which a mountain climber, resting at the summit of Mount Aconcagua in the Andes, encounters there a man from the Moon who tells him that humanity is part but not necessarily the peak of Evolution, and who decries the feeble arguments of human Religions against this fact. When the climber asks him "Are we like the beasts that perish then?" the "Lunar Excursionist" responds, "We are the beasts that perish".
Collation: 16, [2] p. ; 19 cm.
Notes: From the library of Dr Moncure Conway. Advertisements for patent food and tonic wines on unnumbered pages at the end. Unidentified author. Tentative date of publication from British Library catalogue.
An account in which a mountain climber, resting at the summit of Mount Aconcagua in the Andes, encounters there a man from the Moon who tells him that humanity is part but not necessarily the peak of Evolution, and who decries the feeble arguments of human Religions against this fact. When the climber asks him "Are we like the beasts that perish then?" the "Lunar Excursionist" responds, "We are the beasts that perish".
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This work (A man from the moon), identified by Humanist Library and Archives, is free of known copyright restrictions.
Identifier
G5229
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application/pdf
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English
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Pamphlet
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Citation
“A man from the moon,” Conway Hall Library and Archives Digital Collections, accessed May 22, 2025, https://conwayhallcollections.omeka.net/items/show/1390.