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1、TheWaroftheWorldsH.G.WellsThiseBookwasdesignedandpublishedbyPlanetPDF.FormorefreeeBooksvisitourWebsiteathttp://www.planetpdf.com/.TohearaboutourlatestreleasessubscribetothePlanetPDFNewsletter.TheWaroftheWorldsButwhoshalldwellintheseworldsiftheybeinhabited?...AreweortheyLord
2、softheWorld?...Andhowareallthingsmadeforman?—KEPLER(quotedinTheAnatomyofMelancholy)2of293TheWaroftheWorldsBOOKONETHECOMINGOFTHEMARTIANS3of293TheWaroftheWorldsCHAPTERONETHEEVEOFTHEWARNoonewouldhavebelievedinthelastyearsofthenineteenthcenturythatthisworldwasbeingwatchedkeenly
3、andcloselybyintelligencesgreaterthanman’sandyetasmortalashisown;thatasmenbusiedthemselvesabouttheirvariousconcernstheywerescrutinisedandstudied,perhapsalmostasnarrowlyasamanwithamicroscopemightscrutinisethetransientcreaturesthatswarmandmultiplyinadropofwater.Withinfinitecom
4、placencymenwenttoandfrooverthisglobeabouttheirlittleaffairs,sereneintheirassuranceoftheirempireovermatter.Itispossiblethattheinfusoriaunderthemicroscopedothesame.Noonegaveathoughttotheolderworldsofspaceassourcesofhumandanger,orthoughtofthemonlytodismisstheideaoflifeuponthem
5、asimpossibleorimprobable.Itiscurioustorecallsomeofthementalhabitsofthosedeparteddays.AtmostterrestrialmenfanciedtheremightbeothermenuponMars,perhapsinferiortothemselvesandreadytowelcomeamissionaryenterprise.Yetacrossthegulfofspace,mindsthataretoourmindsasoursaretothoseof4of
6、293TheWaroftheWorldsthebeaststhatperish,intellectsvastandcoolandunsympathetic,regardedthisearthwithenviouseyes,andslowlyandsurelydrewtheirplansagainstus.Andearlyinthetwentiethcenturycamethegreatdisillusionment.TheplanetMars,Iscarcelyneedremindthereader,revolvesaboutthesunat
7、ameandistanceof140,000,000miles,andthelightandheatitreceivesfromthesunisbarelyhalfofthatreceivedbythisworld.Itmustbe,ifthenebularhypothesishasanytruth,olderthanourworld;andlongbeforethisearthceasedtobemolten,lifeuponitssurfacemusthavebegunitscourse.Thefactthatitisscarcelyon
8、eseventhofthevolumeoftheearthmusthaveaccelerateditscoolingtothetemperatureatwhichl
