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It was just two o'clock in the morning when I was aroused from a restful sleep by the vigorous ringing of my door bell. IT WAS JUST TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WHEN I WAS AROUSED FROM A RESTFUL SLEEP BY THE VIGOROUS RINGING OF MY DOORBELL
 which Plato speaks, where he says: "Apollo's real home is among the Hyperboreans, in a land of perpetual life, where mythology tells us two doves flying from the two opposite ends of the world met in this fair region, the home of Apollo. Indeed, according to Hecataeus, Leto, the mother of Apollo, was born on an island in the Arctic Ocean far beyond the North Wind." It is not my intention to attempt a discussion of the theogony of the deities nor the cosmogony of the world. My simple duty is to enlighten the world concerning a heretofore unknown portion of the universe, as it was seen and described by the old Norseman, Olaf Jansen. Interest in northern research is international. Eleven nations are engaged in, or have contributed to, the perilous work of trying to solve Earth's one remaining cosmological mystery. There is a saying, ancient as the hills, that "truth is stranger than fiction," and in a most startling manner has this axiom been brought home to me within the last fortnight. CENTER OF WHICH PLATO SPEAKS WHERE HE SAYS QUOTE APOLLO'S REAL HOME IS AMONG THE HYBOBOREANS IN A LAND OF PERPETUAL LIFE WHERE MYTHOLOGY TELLS US TWO DOVES FLYING FROM THE TWO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE WORLD MEET IN THIS FAIR REGION THE HOME OF APOLLO INDEED ACCORDING TO HECATUS LETTO THE MOTHER OF APOLLO WAS BORN ON AN ISLAND IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN FAR BEYOND THE NORTH WIND UNCLE ITNTENTION TO ATTEMPT A DISCUSSION OF THE THEOGONY OF THE DEITIES NOR THE COSMOGONY OF THE WORLD MY SIMPLE DUTY IS TO ENLIGHTEN THE WORLD CONCERNING A HERETOFORE UNKNOWN PORTION OF THE UNIVERSE AS IT IS SEEN AND DESCRIBED BY THE OLD NORSEMAN OLOFF JANSEN INTEREST IN NORTHERN RESEARCH IS INTERNATIONAL ELEVEN NATIONS ARE ENGAGED IN IT OR HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PERILOUS WORK OF TRYING TO SOLVE EARTH'S ONE REMAINING COSMOLOGICAL MYSTERY THERE IS A SAYING ANCIENT AS THE HILLS THAT TO QUOTE TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION UNQUOTE AND IN A MOST STARTLING MANNER HAS THE AXIOM BEEN BROUGHT HOME TO ME WITHIN THE LAST FORTNIGHT
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