I of the immense, the inmmiSjfable Orbs tW 
form the universe, is composed of ia-rt 
matter, without activity or design? This 
earth, compared with the magnitude and 
number of others, is but as a pi n - s point- 
^ "’f can hardly conceive, small as 
it is, too large to our limited comprehen- 
sion that this our Globe, nearly 8,000 
miles in diameter, was ever designed to 
" av 5 animated nature confined to its mere 
sur ace, and all the rest to remain a use- 
f 6 * void ! Such an idea is unworthy of 
hat divine Being, whose essence is ail 
Z Th , U '7 “ n °‘ be ,aiiona % infer- 
mimnr'’’ at , ' the oi>j^t of extending 
animation, spheres are formed within 
muiap e ned" ,d ' thus habitab!e su P erfi - s 
Extract of a letter from Mr. •Uni 
Brooks, to J. C. S. 
Batojt Rocn®, Louisiana, Sept. 20,1818. 
vnn ^’ 5 \ uur novel hypothesis, in which 
you “ declare the earth is hollow” &c I 
concene to be a most happy and important 
discovery; highly calculated to advance 
'he progress of science, and which will 
unavoidably redound to your own immor- 
1 J ‘ . i,artll y congratulate (but I had al 
lant dis a cove n r7 ) y ° U ’ ^ °" a “ imi, ° r - 
“Memoir 2,” dated at “St. Louis, .Tune 
It, contains incontrovertible evidence of 
the truth of your doctrine. 
In “Memoir 3, June 24th,” are several 
eoi roborating proofs, the second of which 
consider the most powerful and conclu- 
SI VC, 
That success may attend your research- 
reer of'?M >OU ‘ futUle P ro -? ress in the ca- 
11, ' ° dlscoveries may be as rapid, as 
yo present acquisition is brilliants the 
aident^vish, sir, 0 f 
(Signed) URI BROOKS, Senr. 
aft r John Clevea Symmta. 
tbi- is v ° U aie . at Liber! y t0 dispose of 
thls as f° u ma >' dee m proper. 
