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The educational systems of Stazza are quite as perfect for that world as our own systems are for ours. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS OF STAZZAR ARE QUITE AS PERFECT FOR THAT WORLD AS OUR OWN SYSTEMS ARE FOR OURS
against flies and other insects in our world. But the mosquito baffles our genius, for he seems to be able to get through as small an opening as air can. Likewise, the pestiferous water animals seem to invade the homes of Stazza, notwithstanding all efforts at prevention. The cities have no continuous streets or lanes. The principal travel is in the water over the city. The main entrance to the home is on the housetop. In the center of large buildings there is a shaft running up and down, through which the people go with greater ease than we can climb or descend our stairways. It must not be forgotten that water to them is the same as air to us, and in their domestic life the people are annoyed by cloudy and muddy currents of water just as we are by clouds of dust in the air, on the streets, or in our homes. The wear and tear caused by the chemical action of water on houses and furniture is not as great as the injury in our world caused by the chemical action of air, heat and moisture. NG AS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST FLIES AND OTHER INSECTS OF OUR WORLD BUT THE MOSQUITO BAFFLES OUR GENIUS FOR HE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH AS SMALL AN OPENING AS AIR CAN LIKEWISE THE POSTIFEROUS WATER ANIMALS SEEM TO INVADE THE HOMES OF STAZZA NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THEIR EFFORTS AT PREVENTION THE CITIES HAVE NO CONTINUOUS STREETS OR LANES THE PRINCIPAL TRAVEL IS IN THE WATER OVER THE CITY THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE HOME IS ON THE HOUSETOP IN THE CENTRE OF LARGE BUILDINGS THERE IS A SHAFT RUNNING UP AND DOWN THROUGH WHICH THE PEOPLE GO WITH GREATER EASE THAN WE CAN CLIMB OR DESCEND OUR STAIRWAYS IT MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN THAT THE WATER TO THEM IS LIKE AIR TO US AND IN THEIR DOMESTIC LIFE THE PEOPLE ARE ANNOYED BY CLOUDY AND MUDDY CURRENTS OF WATER JUST AS WE ARE BY CLOUDS OF DUST IN THE AIR ON THE STREETS OR IN OUR HOMES THE WEAR AND TEAR CAUSED BY CHEMICAL ACTION OF WATER ON HOUSES AND FURNITURE IS NOT AS GREAT AS THE INJURY IN OUR WORLD CAUSED BY THE CHEMICAL ACTION OF AIR HEAT AND MOISTURE
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