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Robur, the Conqueror! This then was the likeness I had vaguely / recalled. Some years before the portrait of this extraordinary man had / been printed in all the American newspapers, under date of the / thirteenth of June, the day after this personage had made his / sensational appearance at the meeting of the Weldon Institute at / Philadelphia.
I had noted the striking character of the portrait at the time; the / square shoulders; the back like a regular trapezoid, its longer side / formed by that geometrical shoulder line; the robust neck; the enormous / spheroidal head. The eyes at the least emotion, burned with fire, while / above them were the heavy, permanently contracted brows, which / signified such energy. The hair was short and crisp, with a glitter as / of metal in its lights. The huge breast rose and fell like a / blacksmith's forge; and the thighs, the arms and hands, were worthy of / the mighty body. The narrow beard was the same also, with the smooth / shaven cheeks which showed the powerful muscles of the jaw.