7。
Marsiscarriedaroundthesunbyitsplanetcurrentatadistanceof140,000,000miles,whichrequires687days,androtatesevery24
hours,37minutes,and221/2seconds。Diameter,4,200miles。Marshastwosatellitesandisnotabundantinvaporwhichcausesitsreddishappearance,thereforevegetationandanimalsarescanty。
8。
Jupiteristhelargestmajorplanet。Itmakesagreatjumpfromthesunof483,000,000miles,carriedbyitsplanetcurrenttocompleteitsorbitin12years。Rotatesevery9hours,55minutes,and37
seconds。Diameter,88,000miles;hassevensatellites。Theclimatehasaveryeventemperatureduetoitsfastrotation。
9。
Saturn,thebeautyoftheskies,carriedbyitsplanetcurrentaroundthesunatitsmaindistanceof883,000,000miles(agreaterdistanceof400,000,000milesthanJupiter)whichrequiresabout291/2years。
Rotatesonceevery10hours,14minutes,and23seconds。Diameter,75,000miles。Ithastensatellitesandthreeringsofunconcentratedmaterial。Thecaperingisabout9,000milesacross,theothertwoabout16,000each。Diameterofringsabout170,000miles,whichmakestheringsveryclosetothesurface。
10。
Uranusiscarriedbyitsplanetcurrentaroundthesunatagreatdistanceof1,778,000,000miles,whichrequiresabout84years。Rateofrotationunknown。Diameter,31,000miles。Ithasfoursatellites。
11。
Neptuneisthefarthestfromthesun。Itsmaindistancebeing2,792,000,000miles;carriedbyitsplanetcurrentoveritsorbitoncein164years,9months。Diameter,37,000miles。Periodofrotationunknown。Hasonesatellite。AtNeptunewehaven\'ttakenastepbutournextneighborisacrossthedivide。LetushaveafairydreamandtravelfromthesuntoNeptuneinastraightordirectcourseattherateof1,000,000milesanhour;itwouldtakeus1161/3daystoreachNeptune。
[Figure:Linedrawing,captioned\"Thesolarsystem。\"]
CHAPTERIV
ACROSSTHEDIVIDE
1。
Crossingthedivide(Abyss)weencounterothersystemsofabout25,000,000,000,orthefirstmagnitude。Ourmostpowerfulglassreachesthe16th。
Magnitudeisveryunevenandirregular,andbeyondthisthereisnoend。
2。
Manyconstellationshavemorethanonesun,whileothersaredouble,quadruple,andmultiple。Itisestimatedabrilliantstar,andcanbeseen;oftheseoveramillionhavebeencataloguedandonlyabout25
whosedistancehavebeenmeasured。
CHAPTERV
FLOURISHMENTOFTHEEARTH
1。
Theearthreacheditsstateofconcentration,andthevaporingreatcloudsenvelopedtheheaviersubstance。Theearthbeingheavedupbyvolcanoes(causedbythevaporcomingincontactwiththeheatedmaterial);asthevaporreacheditsstate,rainfellontheearthcrust,andthusrivers,lakes,andoceanswereformed。
2。
Hereanimalandvegetablematterbegantoflourish。
3。
Greatdepositsofprotoplasmbecameconcentratedovertheearth\'ssurface;fromthedepositssprangallkindsofvegetablesandanimalsthatflourish,andmanymorefamiliesthaninhabittheearthto-daybecameextinct。
4。
Vegetablematterbegantoflourishasitssemenbecameconcentrated,likewiseanimalmatter。(Thistakesplaceto-dayindifferentways,principallyinMarinevarites。SeeChap。I,par。6。)
5。
Reproductionsinallfamiliesthatflourish;somefamiliesmixandtheiroffspringwillnotreproduce。(Lifecannotbedestroyed,butflourishmentcan。)
6。
Mancamefromdepositsofprotoplasm(semen)asisproducedforreproductionofmanto-day。Thedepositswereofdifferentkinds;
eachdepositbroughtforthitsownbranchofhumanity,thesebranchesbeingofdifferenttypeandtongue。Laterthetongueofonebranchbecamelearnedbytheother。Fromthedifferentoriginaltongueswillgiveusagoodestimateofdepositsinnumber。
7。
Babieswerenourishedintheprotoplasmdepositsthesameastheyareintheirmother\'swomb。Thisnourishmentcamefromtheabundanceofalbumenwhichaccompaniedthesemeninconcentrating。Asthebabiesmaturedtheybrokethecrustofthedepositofprotoplasmandputforththeirheadsandbreathedtheair;theirbodiesstillremainedinthealbumenuntiltheygainedstrengthtofeedthemselvesonthealbumen。Herethebabiesbrokethecord(navelcord)thatbroughtnourishmentintotheirbodies,asinthewombofamother,andcrawledaroundoverthecrustofthedepositwheretheycame,feedingonitscrustbyputtingitintotheirmouths。Thebabehasnotforgottenityet,aseverythinghegetsthathecanhandlegoestohismouth。Helearnedtowalkandtalktohisbrothersandsisters,andcomposedalanguageoftheirown。Heremanhoodandwomanhoodisreached。
8。
Allanimalscameinlikemanner,butwithoutafluentlanguage。
9。
Vegetablematterflourishedandtheearthisinhabited。Allbodiesthathaveatmosphereareinhabited。Atmosphereisvaporizedprotoplasm。
10。
Tenoftheprincipalmaterialsthatproduceflourishmentarecarbon,hydrogen,oxygen,phosphorus,potassium,nitrogen,sulphur,calcium,ironandmagnesium;protoplasmcontainseverything;chemistshavenotbeenabletodetermineandclassifyprotoplasm。(SeeChap。I,par。
7。)
11。
Humanityvariedmuchinsize。Thegianttribe(suchasthepetrifiedCardiffGiant)haslongbeenextinct。Menofthistypeweighed500
poundsandmore,measurednearly12feetinheight,whileourmidgetsmeasureunder2feet。
12。
Hermaphroditesexistinallmaterialthatflourishes。Malformation。
CHAPTERVI
ANIMALMAGNETISM
1。
Everyanimalhasitsownmagnetismwhichisitssourceofstrengthandintelligence。Theglands,nerves,andductsarebatteries,ductsandglandsstoragebatteries,thenervesmotiveandsensation(orintelligence)。Thebrainistheprincipalbatteryofsensation(orintelligence),whiletheheartistheprincipalmotivebattery。
2。
Thechildbeginstotrainhimselftomakeuseofhislimbs,firstbyswinginghisarmsandlegs,secondbycreeping,thirdbywalking。
Noteachildfeedingitself,howunsteadyheisingettinghisfoodtohismouth;sometimeshisspoonmisseshismouthandthefoodisspilled,forwhichheusuallyreceivesaslap,althoughhehasdisplayedallhisenergyingettinghisfoodinhismouth。Nextwefindhimatrainedathleteandskilledlaborer,capableofapplyinghimselftomostanythinghecarestodo。
3。
Butlittleattentionispaidtothetrainingofanimalmagnetism。Anyonewithnervesinhisteethcanconcentratemagnetismintheteeth,soitcanbeeasilyfelt,alsothelips;bytrainingthemagnetismitcanbeconcentratedinanypartofthebody。Thistakesconstantpracticeandcouldbeusedwhenonehasanydisabilitybyconcentratingthemagnetisminthedisabledpart,causingthebloodtocirculatemorefreelyatthepointwherethemagnetismisconcentrated,andthusimprovingthedisabledpart。Theosteologistdoesthisbymassage,therealfaithcuremanbyconcentratinghismagnetismonthepatient,thepractitionerusesmedicineanddrugs,eachhavingtheirownmagnetism,etc。Accordinglymanydiseasesarecontagiousbypeoplebecominginoculatedbymildmagnetismwhichcomesfromsomekindofmatter。(SeeChap。I,par。7。)
4。
Thehypnotistormesmeristgainscontrolofhisopponentsthroughanimalmagnetismandcontrolseverymovement。Thenervesceasetoactandthehypnotistisboss。Thepatientcanbemadetoexertgreatstrengthandpassdangerouspointswithoutfalling。Ahypnotistormesmeristisinvariablyinpoorhealthandflesh。Thisiscausedbytheover-taxationofhisownnervesandducts。
6。
Animalmagnetismcanheusedlikewirelesstelegraphy。MissHelenKellarisoneofthebestknownfortelepathy。Shewasbornblind,alsodeafanddumb。Sheisagreatlinguistandwelleducated。
7。
Thedumbanimalsintheirwildstateusetelepathymuchwhenencounteringdanger;theirkeenscentofthedeer,horse,etc。,enablesthemtodeterminethedirectionoftheenemy。
8。
Predestinationiscultivatedandinmostinstancescomestrue。I
observedthisinthecaseofWilliamMcKinley,martyredPresidentoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,whosaidhewantedtofollowinthefootstepsofJamesA。Garfield,alsomartyredPresident。Letusseehownearlyhecamefollowinginhisfootsteps:Borninthesamelocality,Presidentofthesamecountry,eachsupportedaplatformofgoodcurrency,eachassassinatedinthesamemonth,andintheseatofthePresidency。Bothdiedalingeringdeath;thedifferenceinthelengthoftimeoftheirflourishmentwas8monthsand7days。
[Figures:PhotographsofWilliamMcKinleyandJamesA。Garfield。]
9。
Nextobservetheoldintheirfeeblenessandweseethesewelltrainedhandstremble;theglandductsandnervesarewithering,theanimalmagnetismisweakening,whichrendersthemchildish。
10。
Theducts,glands,andnervesthrowofftheirmagnetisminmanydifferentways,inexertion,fright,fear,anguish,discontent,happiness,kindness,loveliness,desire,etc。
Dr。T。B。RobertsondiscoveredthatTethelin(locatedinthepituitarybodyatthebaseofthebrain)producesthegrowthofthebody。
CHAPTERVII
MISCELLANEOUS
1。
Lightningiscausedbythefrictionofvapor,whichisatasuitabletemperature。Thustwoormorecurrentsofaircomingtogetherwillcauselightning,asthefrictionconcentratestheelectricity,andasthereisnoconductortheheavyvoltagefliesusuallytowardthenearestconductor。Thisvoltageissogreatthatitexplodestheair。
Theaircomingtogetheragainproducesagreatvibration,calledthunder。
2。
AuroraBorealis。Theoutercirclearoundtheearthrepresentsatmosphere。Thesuncurrentcarriesitfarfromtheearth\'ssurface。
Atthenorth,whenthesun\'sreflectionstrikestheearth\'scrustinsuchamanner,itsreflectionwillbeseenintheatmosphereatagreatheight,calledNorthernLights。ThisismostlyseeninNovember,December,andJanuary。
[Figure:Uncaptionedlinedrawing(accompanyingtheparagraphabove)
oftheEarth\'sorbitaboutthesun。]
3。
ThemuseumofAlexandriawasestablishedabout400yearsB。C。,forthepurposeofrestoringsciencethathadbeenlostthousandsofyearsbefore。
Thecultivationofknowledgebyexperiment,observation,andmathematicaldiscussions:thiswasthebirthofascienceofto-day。
Thelibrarycontainedmanythousandsofvolumesofbooks,butwasdestroyedbyCyril;agirlinchargeofthelibrarybythenameofHypatiawasbrutallykilledandthefleshwasscrapedfromherboneswithseashells。Thisoccurredin414A。D。
AlexanderdiedatBabylon323B。C。
China,Mesopotamia,andIndiahadmadeastronomicalobservationsatthisearlydate。Mostoftheselearningsweredestroyed。Brono,IsaacNewton,Brably,andsomefewothers,promotedsciencebytheirdiscoveriesofwhatisto-day。\"GoodWilltoman。\"