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14 Bessboro[ugh] Gardens

Pimlico — London

[February] 9 [18]76

Sir,

What do you think would be said of that demented fool who talked about the "apparent motion" of a railway train, caused by the earth's [sic] rotation? How you dare to fool the public with such lies as the "apparent motion" of¹ [2] [p. 2]² this, that, and the other which we see and know do move, I do not understand. None but downright knaves as well as fools would venture to expose themselves in this disgraceful manner. No man but a contemptible liar would tell me no one ever really moved from³ [3] [p. 3] place to place; it was only the apparent progress he made by moving his legs as the earth [sic] rotated under him! I wonder you are not ashamed to call yeself⁴ a man and spew such trash.

Yours truly | John Hampden [signature]