Excerpt from The American Review of Reviews: January, 1910 In the stately procession of, the years, 1909 has won historical distinctions which must fix its date upon many a future page. The new year, indeed, promises also to make a brave record; but we may well note some things that stand accredited to the vanishing twelve month. Man's knowledge of his own planet has made much increase, and his conquest over the forces of nature has advanced With strides. It' is not so long ago (1822 and 1823) that Congress was seriously ...
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Excerpt from The American Review of Reviews: January, 1910 In the stately procession of, the years, 1909 has won historical distinctions which must fix its date upon many a future page. The new year, indeed, promises also to make a brave record; but we may well note some things that stand accredited to the vanishing twelve month. Man's knowledge of his own planet has made much increase, and his conquest over the forces of nature has advanced With strides. It' is not so long ago (1822 and 1823) that Congress was seriously debating the question of appropriating money for an expedition to prove Captain Symmes' theory that the earth was hollow, was inhabited on the inside, and could be entered at the North Pole. Within half a century books have been written to prove that the Garden of Eden was at the furthest north. For centuries brave navigators and men of science have been pushing toward that coveted and mystic point of mathematical theory Where time is not and Where all directions are south. Com mander Peary's courage and persistence took him to the Pole last April, and the value and meaning of his achievement will but grow clearer as the years advance. It was in the beginning of this past year, also, that Lieu tenant Shackleton, of the British Navy, made his discoveries in the Antarctic regions, and approached nearer than any of his predeces sors to the South Pole. In many other less striking ways geographical knowledge has made advances during the past year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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