• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 months ago

    Nonsense, my good fellow. It is well known that excitation of the aether produces corpuscles of light. How else could we see the stars in the firmament?

    • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      Until today I was certain that even the feeblest Intellect, or at any rate those capable of the written Composition of Speech, would be aware that Ocular Rays emitted by our Eyes, which, upon reflecting from external Matter, return Hermes-like to intelligence our Minds, are responsible for the Faculty of Vision; however, to my unfathomable Sorrow and Disappointment, your Missive of today (which has reached me most indisposed) illustrates that this was but a forlorn Hope.