Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 147
erly from whatis known on earth. If there ever was a timewhen life was possible on its surface, it mayhave been in the days when the sun gave outmore heat than it does now, so that Mars re-ceived a bountiful supply, and when the planetitself was clothed with an atmosphere capableof retaining the… … THE GREAT RED PLANET IN THE WEST. By Mabel Loomis Todd. Smaller than the earth, but very imposingin the evenings of early summer, high abovethe last twilight glow of sunset, Mars mayrightly be called great, so much more conspicu-ous is he than most of the stars in his vicinity.Even in comparison…
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