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... globe ? " 66 I turn on my axis just the same as your Earth does , and my day and night are only five and a half minutes longer than yours , but I take a much shorter time to get round the Sun than you do , and my year is therefore only ...
... globe ? " 66 I turn on my axis just the same as your Earth does , and my day and night are only five and a half minutes longer than yours , but I take a much shorter time to get round the Sun than you do , and my year is therefore only ...
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... globe that is called France , had a son who had gone to seek his fortune in South America ; this son wrote home to his mother that he was getting on very well , but amongst many things that he needed and found hard to get , the thing of ...
... globe that is called France , had a son who had gone to seek his fortune in South America ; this son wrote home to his mother that he was getting on very well , but amongst many things that he needed and found hard to get , the thing of ...
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... doubtful encourage- ment that I immediately apologised , saying I had intended no intrusion , but being attracted by the beautiful colour of his globe , I could not resist looking at it , and should feel greatly honoured 40 ON THE LEADS .
... doubtful encourage- ment that I immediately apologised , saying I had intended no intrusion , but being attracted by the beautiful colour of his globe , I could not resist looking at it , and should feel greatly honoured 40 ON THE LEADS .
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... globe ? " " Poles ! young person , poles ! Do you think that only your old Earth can have a north and south pole ? Why ; my poles are just like yours ; the snow increasing in winter , and fading away during the heat of summer ; what do ...
... globe ? " " Poles ! young person , poles ! Do you think that only your old Earth can have a north and south pole ? Why ; my poles are just like yours ; the snow increasing in winter , and fading away during the heat of summer ; what do ...
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... globe , and I get also , on account of my greater distance from the Sun , but half the amount of heat , and light that your Earth does , and only a fourth of what my lady Venus enjoys . However , as I am supposed to re- semble your ...
... globe , and I get also , on account of my greater distance from the Sun , but half the amount of heat , and light that your Earth does , and only a fourth of what my lady Venus enjoys . However , as I am supposed to re- semble your ...
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