The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-04
seems to have twice carried him safely
through the Nasal country. where others
hayo encountered only repulse
The Cosmogonist, of Cosmos House.

mos House, BALKAN, B. w., was founded
for the purpose OF knocking out Sir ISAAC
NEWTON, CoPERN1cUs, and other scientific
persons. Sir IsAAC's theories are do
nounced by the G. p. I. as "soiar fictions"
and "baselcss superstitions." It is the
purpose Of the cosmogonists OF Cosmos
House to apply severe common sense to
these baseless supcrstitions, and erect
sensible cosmogony upon the ruins OF the
Newtonian theories. From Occasional
Paper, No. L." lately issued by the Christian
Philosophers wo infer that their efforts to re-
buke error have not been favorably received.
for they denounce the press as cowardly
and timc-serving. and say that II has kept
the English nation in q state OF mental thral-
dom and ignorance Schoomnstcrs and
educators in general have been just as bad.
but tho Christian Philosophers are sure that
tho prevalent false philosophy will ulti-
mately be crushed. "The Almighty will
bring confusion and dlsmay on it ALL" they
say, land the whole world will be compelled
to confess that the sensclcss devices of
philosophers, falsely so called, are nothing
better than the lowing and braying OF
the OK and tho ass" Let us watch for a
moment the Christian Philosophical Insti-
tute rs 1t slaughters tho lowing oxen and
braying asses OF science
The Newtonians say that tho earth Is n
planet and here is where they mako their
mistake, for oil the planets are said to be
worlds, so that the two systems of tcrrcs-
trial and celestial physics, which by the Gro
ntor Himself were kept as distinct and sep
aintc as words could make them, have boon
mixed up by these modern improvcrs, till
the words geography and astronomy are
used as synonymous terms"
Another mistake exposed by tho G. p l.
concerns the figure of the earth:
Because the sun. and the moon. md the stars arc
thought to be- round or spherical therefore the ea.th
must be too whether facts confirmed the idea mott
Bnt the pretended curvature has been detected
any part OF the earth since the world was
made II seems to be- indeed. the only shape the
Almighty never has created Hills. and valleys aud
plans OF every sire and extent; but any approach to
curvature such as the globe theorists require has
hecn met with during all the most careful measure.
ments which have been made during the last half cen
fury and upward IN the construction of thousands of
miles Of railways. What is absurly called the dip OF
the horizon ut sea Ia dip nj ALI All distant objects
Of the same s'2, gradually diminish according to dis.
'anc,. fiat surface Hut the apparent decrease
in s<e las nothing to do with variation from
level THIS higher the observer ascends the further
he hut hs line OF vision is always at right s'ges
or Tangent to his perpendicular II he to the top
Of real elevation lie has to look down defect his
telescope This IL neTer the case when looking at the
horizon from the Of balloon the top OF the
highest mountain he reach 50 that the so.callcd
dip Ha fraud and fsl'ehood every other phrase
connected with the subject"
A still greater mistake is the theory of the
carth's motion. In the cool light Of common
sense that ilumcs Cosmos Hon this
fascinating hypothesis is seen to be pre-
poSterouS:"
fst Of ALL ts aSia motion revolution round Its
own axis. ut rate Of 90 miles hour and the still
more astounding and orb IN round
the sun. ct speed Of over 100 mites minutei This
Is three or four times quicker than fash of lightning
and twenty times quicker than the flight of a cannon
ball Ills also said 1t carries the atmosphere with It:
but we often see the wind blowing in adrecy contrary
direction AMI birds ami butterflies keep up with
IT, and the smoke from chimneys ends eisurey
1s II no movement existed. what arc the grounds OF
this extraordinary devicer Has anybody felt
had any reason TO imagine for that two such
violent and terrible motions could possibly exist without
their being in any way sensible of h''
The equally absurd condition OF solar at
traction" is disposed Of with the same neat
ness and despatch. The G. p 7. people say
there Is no need of attraction anyway
Prove that your old earth Is round "and
without any visible means of support" before
you talk about attraction, and oven then 1t
would be just rs sensible to say that "the
earth Is supported by the feet of the antipO-
deans For common sense comes in and
shows that "Solid bodies will not float I'M
supported in space. The sun has never
been proved to be capable Of attracting any
thing. The silly question, ON what, then,
does the earth rest ? can only be answered
by saying we have never bcen told, nor
where space ended above lis or beyond us.
Such knowledge is unnecessary, and has
therefore never been impaired especially to
the branlcss simplctons who have not intel
ligcnce enough to understand facts that are
already as clear as daylight"
Moreover, those "brainless bigots" don't
really believe In their own theories. Thus
astronomers don't believe that the earth
moves, for they often build strong granite
pillars on which to fix their telescopes, and
use every precautun to avoid tho slightest
disturbance while taking their observations.
What would be the uso OF going through this
elaborate farce il they knew they were
lodged on Iobc spinning through space
four times quicker than flash OF lightning?"
Perhaps the astronomers would have trou-
BILE In answering the questions proposed by
the hard-hcadcd common-sense philosophers
OF Cosmos House But oven tho astronomers
ihiBub give up their DaSeleSS superstition II
they would read the publications OF tho c. L.
l.. set OF which may be had for IS. 3d..
only half the original price," A common
sense cosmogony for three and sixpcnce
ought to BIO a bargain.
With what vigor tho G. p I. pursucs It's
attack upon science may be Judged from the
following passage from letter printed in
the North Cheshire Herald The writer OF it
bears the great name of JOHN HAMPDEN, and
this is the way In which he goes for the
Newtonlan theory:
No such fraud has before or since been con.
ceived by man. Satan himself have evsed It, In
order to bring dscredt and contempt the inspired
volume and most successful have his Efforts hitherto
been. The Newtonian theory is not partly true
and partly false; but affirm there one particle Of
truth In H. from the first line the lati Ills the most
stupsndous and most perncous lie that ever came from
the bottomess pit without redeemng discovery to