Chaos, a vision of eternity

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Chaos, a vision of eternity (1919)
by Anthony Jerome Griffin
1518487Chaos, a vision of eternity1919Anthony Jerome Griffin

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."

Sir Frederick Pollock

NEW YORK
DOUGLAS C. McMURTRIE
1919

Copyright, 1919Douglas C. McMurtie
All Rights Reserved

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 |}