The Springfield herald., 1901-05-10

At various times within the last CEN
tury assertions have been made that
Adam and the antediluvian people
were of extraordinary height. but the
assertions have always been laughed
down by scoffers who never think for
themselves. In 171S Henrion, menu
Der of the French Academy of Sciences.
published pamphlet in which he as
serted that these personages of the BIZ
BILE were of the following height:
Adam, 1913 feet inches; Eve. 11s feet
3 inches; Noah, 81 feet, Abram. 20
feet, and Noses 13 feet. l. too. said a
scientific student of the Bible, in speak
ing of this matter recently, am con-
farmed in the belief that the prehis-
toric races were gigantic. but figure
out their statures. by process OF rea-
soning different from that promulgated
by Henrion. According to the Old
Testament there were giants on earth
in those days whose daughters were
married to the sons of God and whose
sons became mighty men. Also, the
sons of Anak In whose sight men
were said to be but grasshoppers
(Grasshoppers of that period were as
large as the twentieth century dog)
The Emmins and Zamzummains were
giant nations. Og, the king of Bash
an. remained of the remnant of giants;
Goliath, of Gath, was giant" Ac-
cording to Genesis, Noah lived $50
years end then died, The average life
- L.,
a well defined rule in nature that AMI
mails. bipeds and luadrupeds live about
three and one-half times the number
of years required for individual matu-
rity. Thus man in this century ma
lures in twenty years and dies at the
age of 10 years. Dividing the age of
Noah by three and one-half we find
that lie matured in about 30 years.
The average man of today at maturity
measures about feet and weighs l2o
pounds. Five feet IN twenty years is
equivalent to 3 inches in one year.
Applying the same rule to Noah's ma
turing years, we find that at his ma
turity he was 67 feet tall and weighed
1875 pounds. 1t stands to reason that
il Noah was SO great in body, Adam
must have been equally as large. The
mere fact that Adam was never born
evidences that he was a gigantic man.
Everything created during the forma-
tion ages was according to very
large standard. The trees were sky
scrapers, the animals immense and all
other things in proportion. Why should
Adam have been freak in this array
of colossal nature? Civilization and
multiplication of the races diminish
the lives of individuals as well as the
statures. Why? Possibly because our
civilization is an unnatural perversion
of the life contemplated by our Crea-
tor for u.s. and as free agents we are
gradually destroying the race as PEN
atty for our wrong Interpretation of
our mission. The power to multiply
having been given us. death is a natu-
raj consequence, but death by natural
decay, instead of death by disease.
crime. war. pestilence, results of civ
ilization. was contemplated. Hence our
civilization and all other civilizations
are more or less responsible for the
Inevitable extinction of the race. A
curious mathematical coincidence lay
in the above proof of mans decline in
stature and age. Thus the stature OF
man in few more than 5000 years.
according to Hale's chronology being
the age of the human race, and accord
ing to my deductions, has decreased
from Go to 5 feet, at which rate of de-
crease the world will be depopulated
in 46l years, or the year 1862. The age
of man has likewise decreased from
800 to 10 years in the same time, at
which rate the race will become eX-
tinct in about 46l years, or the year
1862. AS you observe. both deductions
reach the same conclusion. There may
be an element of truth in this theory
at least it is worth probing. The
great trouble with us today is that W.
are too easily satisfied; We lack tbs
ability and energy to figure out" Ol
search for evidences of truth" and
instead accept all kinds of theories
and dogmas as they are presented tc
us. surrounded mostly by a halo o
fanaticism, impossible and absurd.
Crazy Crocker's California Dream.
When the late Charlie Crocker o