OCEAN CURRENTS. 



globe tends to conform with the action of the sun in 

 expanding the properties of matter, aided by cold in 

 congealing the properties of matter in the eastern por- 

 tion of the earth. 



The cold of the north and south polar regions 

 tends to regulate the equilibrium of the planet by the 

 tendency to union of matter both north and south, 

 through the action of cold on the properties of matter. 

 The expanding qualities of water below a certain de- 

 gree is an additional safeguard in guaranteeing the 

 equilibrium by deterring extremes in any direction. 



The destruction of the cooling zone either north or 

 south would render our planet a wanderer without law 

 or order. The continual rush of the elastic properties 

 of matter to one end of the planet would destroy the 

 equilibrium of the body and cause it to keep on flop- 

 ping from end to end. It would have two forms of 

 revolution, one from east to west and another from 

 north to south. The revolution from north to south 

 would cause extremes of climate of short duration and 

 would in consequence destroy all life on the body. 



Life, if any, would be very short lived, as it 

 would require but a short time to cause the earth to 

 change ends by the continuous flow of water from one 

 end to the other, thereby destroying the equilibrium 

 and causing it to tumble from end to end. 



But as it would require two suns to cause one of 

 the zones of cold to be destroyed, and in consequence 

 we need not worry about the end for end tumble. Our 

 sun- cannot act along the line from east to west and at 



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