Chaos, a vision of eternity

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CHAOS

"At intervals strange shapes
in myriads."

CHAOS

A VISION OF ETERNITY

BY

ALTAIR

ILLUSTRATED BY

VICTOR PERARD
From designs by the author

"It is an open secret to the few who know it
but a mystery and a stumbling block to the
many that Science and Poetry are own sisters."

NEW YORK
DOUGLAS C. McMURTRIE
1919

DEDICATED TO THOSE
"WHO THEMSELVES IN SOME
MEASURE ALSO SEE VISIONS
AND DREAM DREAMS."
RUSKIN

		Page
	Preface	ix
	Introduction	xi
	Prologue in two scenes:
	Scene I. Birth of the Universe	1
	Scene II. The Eternal Question	6
	The Vision of Eternity:
I.	To-day	10
II.	To-morrow	20
III.	The End of Man	28
IV.	Disintegration	37
V.	The Skeptic in Chaos	45
	Index	53

|- | | |align=right|Opposite Page |- |align=right|1. |At intervals strange shapes in myriads |align=right|Frontispiece |- |align=right|2. |The western bank of Hudson's mighty stream |align=right|10 |- |align=right|3. |The steel-framed structures that once pierced the sky |align=right|28 |- |align=right|4. |Great bridges that once spanned the river's tide |align=right|30 |- |align=right|5. |A library far-famed in all the land |align=right|32 |- |align=right|6. |The crumbling world is vitrified and bare |align=right|37 |- |align=right|7. |Art thou the famed Aurora of the classic age? |align=right|40 |- |align=right|8. |A peace-dispensing radiance filled the scene |align=right|45 |}