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Then their school life begins and continues for thirty years, ten of which are uniformly devoted by both sexes to the study of music. THEN THEIR SCHOOL LIFE BEGINS AND CONTINUES FOR THIRTY YEARS TEN OF WHICH ARE UNIFORMLY DEVOTED BY BOTH SEXES TO THE STUDY OF MUSIC
t in diameter, growing in the Garden of Eden, the Ingersolls, the Tom Paines and Voltaires would doubtless have pronounced the statement a myth. Yet this is the description of the California sequoia gigantea; but these California giants pale into insignificance when compared with the forest Goliaths found in the "within" continent, where abound mighty trees from eight hundred to one thousand feet in height, and from one hundred to one hundred and twenty feet in diameter; countless in numbers and forming forests extending hundreds of miles back from the sea. The people are exceedingly musical, and learned to a remarkable degree in their arts and sciences, especially geometry and astronomy. Their cities are equipped with vast palaces of music, where not infrequently as many as twenty-five thousand lusty voices of this giant race swell forth in mighty choruses of the most sublime symphonies. The children are not supposed to attend institutions of learning before they are twenty years old.  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 YET THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CALIFORNIA SACOIA GIGANTIA BUT THESE CALIFORNIA GIANTS PALE INTO INSIGNIFICANCE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FOREST GOLIATHS FOUND IN THE WITHIN CONTINENT WHERE ABOUND MIGHTY TREES FROM EIGHT HUNDRED TO ONE THOUSAND FEET IN HEIGHT AND FROM ONE HUNDRED TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FEET IN DIAMETER COUNTLESS NUMBERS AND FORMING FORESTS EXTENDING HUNDREDS OF MILES BACK FROM THE SEA THE PEOPLE ARE EXCEEDINGLY MUSICAL AND LEARNED TO A REMARKABLE DEGREE IN THEIR ARTS AND SCIENCES ESPECIALLY GEOMETRY AND ASTRONOMY THEIR CITIES ARE EQUIPPED WITH VAST PALACES OF MUSIC WHERE NOT INFREQUENTLY AS MANY AS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND LUSTY VOICES OF THIS GIANT RACE SWELL FORTH IN MIGHTY CHORUSES OF THE MOST SUBLIME SYMPHONIES THE CHILDREN ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ATTEND INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING BEFORE THEY ARE TWENTY YEARS OLD
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