Tantalus, or, the future of man / by F.C.S. Schiller.

  • Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
Date:
1924
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Credit: Tantalus, or, the future of man / by F.C.S. Schiller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TANTALUS touched it when it exploded, and covered him from head to foot with its blood-red juice. He at once sank senseless to the ground. But, after a while, he slowly recovered, and recom¬ menced his old game. This time, he attacked a large round yellowish fruit ; but when he succeeded in seizing it, it too exploded, and poured out upon him volumes of a heavy yellow-green vapour. Again he collapsed, and this time his stupor lasted longer. By the time he began to stir again I had, I thought, grasped the situation, and determined to intervene. So I drew near, and addressed him : Can I be mistaken in thinking that I see before me the far-famed hero, Tantalus, boon companion of the gods ? ''And their victim. And what tree is [Ч]
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