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the opelousas courier (opelousas, la.) 1852-1910 — winged man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1873-07-05
Location: opelousas, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the opelousas courier (opelousas, la.) 1852-1910 · 1873-07-05 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1873-07-05 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “winged man”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... M. Harnois-Condamine that the perfectly winged man will make his ap pearance within a generation. Our hearti est sympathies with Mnm and his investi gations scarcely warrant us in expecting more than a few feeble and broken flut terings on the part of the stray members of the winged dispensaton, who will, of course, now begin to make their appear ance at intervals duringthe next half cen tury. But, in common with all whotake an interest in the theory of evolution and in the ultimate destiny of the human race, we shall look with more concern upon those more advanced members of the hu man family whose pigeon-breasted Igno rance brands as a deformity, and ...

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