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These sheets serve the same purpose for them as paper does for us, and are furnished at an insignificant cost of labor. THESE SHEETS SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE FOR THEM AS PAPER DOES FOR US AND ARE FURNISHED AT AN INSIGNIFICANT COST OF LABOR
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. The educational systems of Stazza are quite as perfect for that world as our own systems are for ours. They have an alphabet, covering their needs in language, consisting of a series of strokes, curves and angles, somewhat resembling our shorthand systems. This language is identical in print or script, and is superior to our method of expresssing thought by handwriting. The experts of Stazza have learned the art of slicing metallic blocks into sheets of any desired thickness. ERE 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 THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS OF STAZZAR ARE QUITE AS PERFECT FOR THAT WORLD AS OUR OWN SYSTEMS ARE FOR OURS THEY HAVE AN ALPHABET COVERING THEIR NEEDS IN LANGUAGE CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF STROKES CURVES AND ANGLES SOMEWHAT RESEMBLING OUR SHORTHAND SYSTEMS THIS LANGUAGE IS IDENTICAL IN PRINT OR SCRIPT AND IS SUPERIOR TO OUR METHOD OF EXPRESSING THOUGHT BY HANDWRITING THE EXPERTS OF STIZZAR HAVE LEARNED THE ART OF SLICING METALLIC BLOCKS INTO SHEETS OF ANY DESIRED THICKNESS
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