A Voyage to the Moon
(by Cyrano de Bergerac - excerpts 1657)
" 'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest; not to amuse my self with those curious Notions wherewith you tickle and spur on slow-paced Times: I believe, that the Moon is a World like ours, to which this of ours serves likewise for a Moon.' "
