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could lly"; and there is every reason to suppose 

 that it would be an exceedingly nice and useful 

 accomplishment. I am a great hand at dreaming. 

 In fact, I have dreamed every night in my lile 

 since I can remember anything, and have often, 

 during my sluml)ering fancies, been gifted with the 

 powers of Hight. The sensation of gliding over 

 churcli steeples and tree-t(^ps and away tln-ough 

 airy space a thousandfold swifter and easier than 

 one's enraged enemies in hopeless pursuit upon the 

 ground far below, is, indeed, a grand dreamland 

 experience, and makes one sorry t(> wake up and 

 tind it is not true after all. 



The (piestion of flight has occupied the thoughts 

 of scientific men throughout all the ages, and many 

 brave souls have perished in their attem[)ts to 

 imitate the jtrogress of l>irds through the air f)y 



means of artiticial ap- 

 pliances, but so far 

 without any practical 

 results. It is true we 

 have balloons, but they 



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