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Your correspondent says "the re-
ply sneers at him (Nostradamus) as
an astrologer." Well; naturally it
does, and the same would be percep-
tible in contemplating the fact that
Sir Matthew Hale, Sir William
Blackstone, Sir Thomas Brown, Bish-
ops Cranmer and Jewell, Fairfax,
the translator of Tasso, Kepler, Ty-
cho Brahe, VIM. Penn, Cotton Math-
er, DIR. Johnson, John Wesley, and a
host of other men as eminent, be-
lieved in witchcraft.
Even of Seneca, and many of the
great minds of the world down to
Bacon, believedin astrology, that fact
would not have feathers weight in
establishing the truth of the PROPOSE
ton that events in the affairs of men
could be foretold through the relative
position of certain stars, or in other
words, astrology. Opinions of great
men are no criterian regarding the
truth or falsity of past beliefs, STAN
dards of truth and error become es-
tablished according to mans system
of reasoning and his appreciation of
circumstances which influence the
formation of his judgment.
Again, your correspondent says
"the reply is little off in its history"
Well, we will see as we progress, to
which side the term "a little off"
properly telongs. In continuation,
X writes, "Appleton's Encyclopedia
says the name of America Terra Qit-
orally, land of Americus-mighty
nigh America) was applied to this
continent as early as 1907 by Valid
see, Muller, etc. Geography was re-
formed. The name America appears
on a map of the New World by Hy-
locamylus accompanying an edition
of Ptolemy's Geography" Your cor
respondent, misled by Appleton, hes
terribly tangled historical facts. The
one conclusion that can be drawn
from the above extract is, that as
early as 1907, the term America Ter.
"a was used by three persons, VALID
see, Muller and Hylocamylus, when
truly they were one and the same in.
dividual. In the latter part of the
sixteenth century the duke of Lor-
raine formed at his court a school OF
geography, of which a Strasburg
school teacher was a member, whose
name was Waldseemuller, LITERALLY
woodlake miller which he changed
to Hylacomilus-not Hylocamylus,
which conveys no meaning. Even
if this Waldseemuller did first apply
the term America to this continent
in the latter part of the sixteenth cen
fury, a very improbable suppositior
considering he was an obscure schoo
teacher in Germany, it does not in
validate my statement that "tht
term came into use a considerable
time after the prophecies were put
forth" The map of 1907, is as far a.
1 can determine myth, and comes
from very unreliable source, Apple
toms Encyclopedia.
In the first article written by X, hi
says in relation to the alleged predic
ton of our civil war, "such is in sub
stance if not in very words the trans
lation as made by the writer man!
years ago." l was in hopes thu
source from which it originated nigh
| be determined, but as henoW explain
that che read it many years ago ant
as to the time when / first read it,
can giveno information" it Isl need
less for me to give the'subject furthe
consideration, and l will leave tn
notorious charlatan Nostradamus t.
float down the stream of time witt
Mother Shipton, Cagliostro and Mol
Pitcher, and bringing my remarks t.
a final close, thank the STANDARD
for its courtesy in granting me tn
use of its columns.
THEODORE l.. CHASE.