Gods by Inverse Square

I found this exceedingly interesting, because it had long been my theory—to put the matter in the shape of a geometrical formula—that the real attractiveness of gods to man increases uniformly according to the square of their distance.

The Moon Pool (1919) by A. Merritt

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Context: Goodwin's footnote on the religion of the underground people.

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Source: Chapter XIX (footnote)

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