Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree.
What are we going to do? asked the Professor.At this moment, said Syme, with a scientific detachment, I think we are going to smash into a lamppost.
Listen to me, cried Syme with extraordinary emphasis. Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? It is that we have only known the back of the world. We see everything from behind, and it looks b...