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At last, when the Duchess saw that no patterns
would do her any good in the framing of her World;
she was resolved to make a World of her own
invention, and this World was composed of sensitive
and rational self-moving Matter; indeed, it was
composed onely of the rational, which is the subtilest
and purest degree of Matter; for as the sensitive did
move and act both to the perceptions and consistency of
the body, so this degree of Matter at the same point of
time (for though the degrees are mixt, yet the several
parts may move several ways at one time) did move to
the Creation of the Imaginary World; which World
after it was made, appear'd so curious and full of variety,
so well order'd and wisely govern'd, that it cannot
possibly be expressed by words, nor the delight and
pleasure which the Duchess took in making this world
of her own.
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| And if any should like the world I have made,
and be willing to be my subjects, they may imagine themselves such, and they are such—I mean
in their minds, fancies or imaginations. But if they cannot endure to be subjects, they may
create worlds of their own and govern themselves as they please.
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| © 2026 by Sarah Reitmeier, except text from The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing World, published 1666 by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle.
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