Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 144
ght, its symbol being the spear andshield of the old Assyrian warriors. But the evil qualities attributed to the ruddy hue ofMars by people believing in planetary influ-ences have long ago been consigned to therealms of romance, and Mars is no longer heldaccountable for the wars and disasters that… … the greenish markings outlining seas and water-courses, while white caps adorn the regionscorresponding to the polar regions on earth.The astronomer, in the quiet and ease of hisobservatory, can make a study of these regions,which may not as yet have ever been seen bythe inhabitants of Mars because…
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