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The “plane” theory of Parallax and others has but one argument in its favor, as given by its promoters; namely, that the world is not convex. We do not mean by this that the arguments of Parallax do not disprove the convex theory; they certainly do, but they do not prove the “plane” theory. It does not follow, because the earth is not convex, that it is a “plane” surface.
Analogy would at least indicate that the universe is an egg, and that all life, or universal life, proceeds from the universal egg, as specific life proceeds from the egg, womb, etc. It was in some two or three interviews which Mr. Morrow had with the originator of Koreshanity and discoverer of the inside theory, that he received the suggestion of the egg theory of cosmogony, and first thought of patching it onto the philosophy of Parallax, and of making of it what he denominates the “Eclectic Astronomy,” in which he attempts to combine the “plane” theory of Parallax with the concave theory of Koresh.
That our earth is a concave surface, can be geometrically and mathematically demonstrated,—some of the arguments going to prove the proposition being found in another column.
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