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  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。\"

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