The world: historical and actual . PLATE THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN. 31 Wnt the wisdom of the telescope pronounces him amyth, or, if lie ever existed, it was ages ago. TheMi ion is set down as a vast charnel-house. It hasneither air, water, nor life of any kind. Its awfulcrags are absolutely?desolate. The supposition isthat it is an exhausted, burnt-out, and used-upworld. If there is life at all, it must be utterlyunlike any known to man. It is the Sahara of theskies. Distant from the earth only 240,000 miles,it is attracted and largely controlled by this term satellite is appropr
The world: historical and actual . PLATE THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN. 31 Wnt the wisdom of the telescope pronounces him amyth, or, if lie ever existed, it was ages ago. TheMi ion is set down as a vast charnel-house. It hasneither air, water, nor life of any kind. Its awfulcrags are absolutely?desolate. The supposition isthat it is an exhausted, burnt-out, and used-upworld. If there is life at all, it must be utterlyunlike any known to man. It is the Sahara of theskies. Distant from the earth only 240,000 miles,it is attracted and largely controlled by this term satellite is appropriate. It is not ex-haustive, however, for it, too, is a planet of theSun. Although distant 93,000,000 miles from thehead of the family, it is more influenced by ittitan by the Earth. The action of the Moon ujjonthis planet is chiefly in the ebb and flow of the tides. Its huge^raters are, someif them, oneittndred milesin diameter, andpart of the sur-face of the moonappears to behoney-combedby extinct vol-canoes. TheMoon has itsphases from ful
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