The Washington times., 1923-01-03
Did We Once Live on the Moon
And Shall We Move on to the Sun Some Fine DayY

The interesting questions are sucn as THESE:
Whence did come?
~ Whittier going?
And by way what are we? Are we OF any True I'M
porance? permanent part OF the
prveged along through the ages and see the emu as
we have seen beginning? Or are we as advanced science
svx merely like the weev in the biscuno part Of the
bakers plan7
. Are we indestrucble specs of cosmic intelligence light
ing up and aniang material body after
estroyedor play this earth the passing part tine
crobe in the cheese which gives that cheese its avcr
great scientist coldy anayzing the chemical processes
essential to the creation of human being SCOTS at
any possibility of immortality With the microscope at his eye
hs agnies Natures mysteries he sums up the
the Hertwg brothers. he dcoses learnedy OF the nucleo
us of the cyaor progeny CELL He declares that science
lis able to watch the creation being watches
the progress of chick in the egg He asserts that eacn new
creature merely the result Of chemical process blending
Qualities of the mother and father Having final begin
ming man must have final end Mana mixture Of two
bets of qualities chance of immortality than has
beer, which is mixture of malt and hops
Read and think this cold summing up OF our mean
limited destiny farthes advanced now sees it:
It must appear utterly senseless speak of the
Immortality human person. when know how this
person, with all its individual qualities OF body and mind
has arisen How this person possess an eternal life
without end? The, human person. like every other many
ceed individual is but passing phenomenon OF organic
With DEATH the series of its vital activities
e entirely just 1T began
THAT certainly dscOuragng who for fifty years
has sung, IT want to be an angel"
Yet that is what Haeckel has say about chance Of
mortaty But the other of grave the say
think will discredt Haeckel We should even under
take to do that and here in two columns Of yellow
journal But we determined before the column ends
ask you what you think Of transmgraon
notion.
The sun is now blazing mass inconceivably huge moon
eeiYab fierce in eyes It's flames leap hundreds Of thou
sands miles space earth fell to the would
melt snowflake falling upon blazing forest We Ger
tanly do readily look the future home
we accept its present condition permanent.
But once upon hundreds of millions Of years back
this earth look the MOON smaller SCALE h
looks If there the at that tim
inferior beings low state of cosmc evolution they
thanked the To them the earth then ncandescent blazing
reveals itself through volcanoes
simply whirling ball of fire. put in its place to them
They could think that would ever come TO
live here than think of moving to the
of this earth cooled off, cooled thor
Ougly died of cold Life could longer
tnue there The dead satellite destiny thenceforward
cheering our poets AS life died out the cold which
had given temporary hospitality life sprang into being on
this planet fitted to support it.
larger sphere with greater opportunities man
kind growing and will far outstrp all that it could have
done the poor little moon.
Meanwhile as struggle on improving slowly the
proves cooling off in its The flames become
shall developed much possible this limited
planet home will be cooled and ready the center
Of our life in this corner of space.
We shall move sep-as boys do In the public Schools
We shall have been earth and shall graduate
into Think of home vast On that grand star
shall lead lives worth WHILE and justify Huxleys belief
that exist somewhere compared to whom should be
as black beetles compared to US !"
of meeting brothers from other planets
az move nm tn The sun in be