The Ignorance of the Scientific 



valleys are no longer fertile, nay, the very 

 atmosphere has apparently left our satellite, 

 and the little celestial body which probably 

 was once the scene of various forms of life 

 now no longer supports them ; this may 

 be accounted for by supposing that, on 

 account of the small mass of the moon, 

 its original heat has all been radiated into 

 space." 



So one scientific professor says that the 

 lack of internal heat at the surface has made 

 barren the fertile valleys of the moon, and 

 made away with its water and air, while 

 another scientific professor declares that the 

 practical failure of internal heat to affect 

 the surface of the earth should be left out 

 of account in considering its climate. Only 

 scientific professors are equal to reconciling 

 these quite opposite statements of the effect 

 of the absence of internal heat on the 

 surface of planetary bodies. 

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