The earth and sky; a primer of astronomy for young readers (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York, D. Appleton & Company · leaf 63
where, and shootingmagic bullets outthrough the air intospace. No matter in what direction you shootthem, they will go on forever. There is noth-ing to stop them. Space goes on forever inevery direction, no matter which way youpoint. If you should take your magic gun to SanFrancisco, or to Asia, or… … ^^ 36 THE EARTH AND SKY. ever with nothing to stop it. Space is every-where, in every direction, and it lias no end.Did you ever think of this, Master Frank ?Space is like an endless ocean of nothingness,and the earth is floating in one little part of it. We said the earth was very large just…
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