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Ali Hafed heard all about diamonds, how much they were worth, and went to his bed that night a poor man. ELI HAD FED HEARD ALL ABOUT DIAMONDS HOW MUCH THEY WERE WORTH AND WENT TO HIS BED THAT NIGHT A POOR MAN
d this bank of fog into a solid ball of fire. Then it went rolling through the universe, burning its way through other banks of fog, and condensed the moisture without, until it fell in floods of rain upon its hot surface, and cooled the outward crust. Then the internal fires bursting outward through the crust threw up the mountains and hills, the valleys, the plains and prairies of this wonderful world of ours. If this internal molten mass came bursting out and cooled very quickly it became granite; less quickly copper, less quickly silver, less quickly gold, and, after gold, diamonds were made. Said the old priest, “A diamond is a congealed drop of sunlight.” Now that is literally scientifically true, that a diamond is an actual deposit of carbon from the sun. The old priest told Ali Hafed that if he had one diamond the size of his thumb he could purchase the county, and if he had a mine of diamonds he could place his children upon thrones through the influence of their great wealth. L AT LAST HE WHIRLED THIS BANK OF FOG INTO A SOLID BALL OF FIRE THEN IT WENT ROLLING THROUGH THE UNIVERSE BURNING ITS WAY THROUGH OTHER BANKS OF FOGS AND CONDENSED THE MOISTURE WITHOUT UNTIL IT FELL IN FIELDS OF RAIN UPON ITS HOT SURFACE AND COOLED THE OUTWARD CRUST THEN THE INTERNAL FIRES BURSTING OUTWARD THROUGH THE CRUST THREW UP THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS THE VALLEYS THE PLAINS AND PRAIRIES OF THIS WONDERFUL WORLD OF OURS IF THIS INTERNAL MOLTEN MASS CAME BURSTING DOWN AND COOLED VERY QUICKLY IT BECAME GRANITE LESS QUICKLY COPPER LESS QUICKLY SILVER LESS QUICKLY GOLD AND AFTER GOLD DIAMONDS WERE MADE SAID THE OLD PRIEST A DIAMOND IS A CONGEALED DROP OF SUNLIGHT NOW THAT IS LITERALLY SCIENTIFICALLY TRUE THAT A DIAMOND IS AN ACTUAL DEPOSIT OF CARBON FROM THE SUN THE OLD PRIEST TOLD ALI HAPHAED THAT IF HE HAD ONE DIAMOND THE SIZE OF HIS THUMB HE COULD PURCHASE THE COUNTRY AND IF HE HAD A MINE OF DIAMONDS HE COULD PLACE HIS CHILDREN UPON THRONES THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF THEIR GREAT WEALTH
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