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In our travels we came to a forest of gigantic trees, near the city of Delfi. Had the Bible said there were trees towering over three hundred feet in height, and more than thirty feet in diameter, growing in the Garden of Eden, the Ingersolls, the Tom Paines and Voltaires would doubtless have pronounced the statement a myth. IN OUR TRAVELS WE CAME TO A FOREST OF GIGANTIC TREES NEAR THE CITY OF DELPHI HAD THE BIBLE SAID THERE WERE TREES TOWERING OVER THREE HUNDRED FEET IN HEIGHT AND MORE THAN THIRTY FEET IN DIAMETER GROWING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN THE INGERSOLLS THE TOM PAINS AND THE VOLTAIRES WOULD DOUBTLESS HAVE PRONOUNCED THE STATEMENT THE MYTH
 says: "God prolonged the life of the patriarchs that preceded the deluge, both on account of their virtues and to give them the opportunity of perfecting the sciences of geometry and astronomy, which they had discovered; which they could not have done if they had not lived 600 years, because it is only after the lapse of 600 years that the great year is accomplished."--Flammarion, Astronomical Myths, Paris p. 26.) During the following year we visited many villages and towns, prominent among them being the cities of Nigi, Delfi, Hectea, and my father was called upon no less than a half-dozen times to go over the maps which had been made from the rough sketches he had originally given of the divisions of land and water on the "outside" surface of the earth. I remember hearing my father remark that the giant race of people in the land of "The Smoky God" had almost as accurate an idea of the geography of the "outside" surface of the earth as had the average college professor in Stockholm. QUOTE GOD PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE PATRIARCHS THAT PRECEDED THE DELUGE BOTH ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR VIRTUES AND TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY OF PERFECTING THE SCIENCES OF GEOMETRY AND ASTRONOMY WHICH THEY HAD DISCOVERED WHICH THEY COULD NOT HAVE DONE HAD THEY NOT LIVED SIX HUNDRED YEARS BECAUSE IT IS ONLY AFTER THE LAPSE OF SIX HUNDRED YEARS THAT THE GREAT YEAR IS ACCOMPLISHED ON GROWTHMARIAN ASTRONNOMICAL MYTHS PARIS PAGE TWENTY SIX DURING THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE VISITED MANY VILLAGES AND TOWNS PROMINENT AMONG THEM BEING THE CITIES OF NIJI DELPHI HECTIA AND MY FATHER WAS CALLED UPON NO LESS THAN HALF A DOZEN TIMES TO GO OVER THE MAPS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE FROM THE ROUGH SKETCHES HE HAD ORIGINALLY GIVEN OF THE DIVISIONS OF LAND AND WATER ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH I REMEMBER HEARING MY FATHER REMARK THAT THE GIANT RACE OF PEOPLE IN THE LAND OF THE SMOKY GOD HAD ALMOST AN ACCURATE IDEA OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AS HAD THE AVERAGE COLLEGE PROFESSOR IN STOCKHOLM
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