Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 324
A THRILLING FACT. By Jane Ellis Joy. … Suppose, said the wise orator,—thought is a thought stupendous,—Suppose a baby one year old, with arms of the tremendousLength of ninety-three odd million miles,Should, in a freak of fun,Reach up and touch the sun ?That child would be 253 Years old, I m told, Before it learned Its hand was burned !…
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